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[jendana89]

I am working on writing a simple program to make designs out of asterisks. I am having a lot of trouble coming up with the code to make this design though ( the underscores represent spaces from the left-most edge of the page):

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_____ *
____ ****
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The method to make this design should be recursive, with a single parameter, n (the number of stars in the longest line). I supposed there could be a second parameter that could control the number of spaces the stars are moved over. The code should work for any number, but I think it looks better with simple numbers (2, 4, 8, 16, etc).

Any ideas are greatly appreciated!

[Deadlock]

Actually I can't see the figure you are trying to print. Can you post a screenshot?

[kmhosny]

i think that there is a constant pattern that do not need to be changed you will only increase the spaces that you will use
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as this pattern is repeated in the part you posted twice only with more spaces but i cant figure out how the spaces are increasing, if you can post a more accurate example i think we may be able to help more.

[qwerthex]

What patter are you attempting to display. You mention that simple numbers look better but what dictates how those numbers are used?