Complete the following code segment using only one loop so that itwill print the

Question

Complete the following code segment using only one loop so that itwill print the following pattern (shown for n = 4):

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There are no spaces on the first line of output. You may assumethat the user types a number between 1 and 50. Use the variablenames provided.

Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println(“Enter the number of lines”);
int n = scan.nextInt( ), i;
String spaces = “”;
String stars =“**************************************************”;

Explanation / Answer

I am not sure what you are meant to do with the spacesvariable. You never said anything about it. Here is everything else though. stjohn@beatific ~/programming/java $ java Stars Enter the number of lines 4 **** *** ** * stjohn@beatific ~/programming/java $ cat Stars.java import java.util.Scanner; public class Stars {         public static voidmain(String[] args)         {                Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);                System.out.println("Enter the number of lines");                int n = scan.nextInt(), i;                String spaces = "";                String stars ="**************************************************";                for (i=n; i>0; i--)                {                        System.out.println(stars.substring(0,i));                }         } } stjohn@beatific ~/programming/java $

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