Javascript downward triangle pattern
Overview
Star Pattern is an exciting programming problem to do. It tests your knowledge of using language concepts, mainly loops and recursion. This problem needs creative thinking.
There are several patterns problems to solve, but in this shot, we learn to print a downward triangle star (*) pattern with the help of Javascript. The downward triangle pattern is similar to the left triangle (right-angled from the left side) in a downward direction.
Below is the shape which we will print using * in the console. We have to use nested for loops. The outer loop will be for the row (height) of the triangle, and the nested loop will be responsible for the column.
As you can see in the image, stars are decreasing from n to 1, where n is the number of rows that is the triangle’s height. The logic for this is simple, you have to iterate the outer loop for n times, whereas the inner loop will iterate from 0 times decreasing to n-i for each outer loop.
let n = 5;for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {// printing starfor (let k = 0; k < n - i; k++) {process.stdout.write('*');}console.log();}
Click on the run button and check out the output. You can change the value of the row and get the triangle of the height of your choice.
Code explanation
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In line 1, we initialize a number that is the height of the triangle or number of rows.
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In line 3, we have our outer
forloop, which will iterate over the rows of the triangle (that is 5 here). -
In line 5, in this inner nested
forloop, which will iterate fork=0tok > n-i,iis the outer loop number. -
In line 6, the standard method of javascript is used to print the star (
*).process.stdout.write()will print the star (*). -
The number of times the nested
forloop runs is equal to the number of stars it prints. -
In line 7, we use
console.log()with null as it will change to a new line. -
We can use
process.stdout.write('\n')to change the line.
Result
We have successfully completed the task to print stars in the form that looks like a downward triangle.