Pattern:

****

***

**

*

Solution

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Pattern Breakdown

The pattern has 4 rows, and each row contains stars (*) in a decreasing number:

Row 0: 4 stars (****) 0 Space
Row 1: 3 stars (***) 1 Space
Row 2: 2 stars (**) 2 Spaces
Row 3: 1 star (*) 3 Spaces

To print this pattern, we need two loops:

1) Outer loop for the rows.
2) Inner loop for the columns (printing spaces and stars in each row).

3)In each iteration of the outer loop:

-->The inner loop first prints spaces, and then second inner loop prints stars.

-->The number of spaces printed in each row is equal to the row index (row).

-->The number of stars printed in each row is equal to total_rows - row.

Video Solution

Java

public class Main {

public static void main(String[] args) {

int total_rows = 4; // Number of rows

// Outer loop for rows

for (int row = 0; row < total_rows; row++) {

// Inner loop for spaces

for (int space = 0; space < row; space++) {

System.out.print(" ");

}

// Inner loop for stars

for (int col = 0; col < total_rows - row; col++) {

System.out.print("*");

}

System.out.println(); // Move to the next line

}

C++

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
int total_rows = 4; // Number of rows

// Outer loop for rows
for (int row = 0; row < total_rows; row++) {
// Inner loop for spaces
for (int space = 0; space < row; space++) {
cout << " ";
}
// Inner loop for stars
for (int col = 0; col < total_rows - row; col++) {
cout << "*";
}
cout << endl; // Move to the next line
}