[Q] Spacing Help

[iriscience]

Hello! I am having serious issues with trying to get the spacing on my homework to look right. I have to print out a triangle that looks like this:

                                   1
                               1   2   1
                           1   2   4   2   1
                       1   2   4   8   4   2   1
                   1   2   4   8  16   8   4   2   1
               1   2   4   8  16  32  16   8   4   2   1
           1   2   4   8  16  32  64  32  16   8   4   2   1
       1   2   4   8  16  32  64 128  64  32  16   8   4   2   1

I can get the triangle to print the numbers correctly and form the left side of the triangle. I just cannot get the numbers to line up! Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks guys!

PS: Here is the code I have so far. The object was to make it using for loops.

   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      //Declare variables
      int lengthOfLine;

      //Get input from user
      Scanner inputFromUser = new Scanner(System.in);
      System.out.print("Enter a positive number: ");
      int height = inputFromUser.nextInt();

      lengthOfLine = 1;
      for (int count = 0; count < height; count++)
      {
         for (int numberOfSpacesForLine = 1; numberOfSpacesForLine
                 < height - count; numberOfSpacesForLine++)
         {
            if ()
            System.out.print(" ");
         }
         int numberToPrint = 1;
         for (int loopCount = 0; loopCount < lengthOfLine; loopCount++)
         {
            System.out.print(numberToPrint);
            if (loopCount < ((lengthOfLine - 1) / 2.0))
            {
               numberToPrint *= 2;
            } else
            {
               numberToPrint  /= 2;
            }
         }
         lengthOfLine += 2;
         System.out.println();
      }
   }
}

[Junky]

You can use String.format or the printf method.

[iriscience]

It should be printf(%5d , numberToBePrinted); right?

[Junky]

Did you try it?

[iriscience]

No, I haven't gotten a chance. I'm delivering pizzas and I had a chance to post my question real quick at the beginning of my shift. I did ask that badly. I meant *should* that work? If not, I don't expect you to just give me the answer. I was just hoping I'm going the right direction with it. Thanks so much for your help!

[Junky]

Well it looks like it might be correct but the best way to find out is when you get on the computer and test if it does what you want.

[Fubarable]

You shouldn't be asking these questions if you're not able to first test them on your computer. We are no substitute for a Java compiler.

[iriscience]

Junky, thank you so much for all your help and patience. I got some downtime and got it working. Thanks again!