asterisks triangles

[Dan121]

Hi

i have written a program to display a
*****
****
***
**
*
triangle using the code

                String stars = "",star="";
	        for(int count = 0; count < 5; count++) 
	        {
	           star=star+"*";
	           stars = stars + star+System.getProperty("line.separator");
	        } 
                return stars;

but i can't figger out how to display a
*****
****
***
**
*
traingle using that code

any help would be be appreshated.

[erhart]

Try this:

        String stars = "",star="*****";
        for(int count = 5; count > 0; count--) 
        {
           star=star.substring(0, count);
           stars = stars + star+System.getProperty("line.separator");
        } 
            return stars;