Format of Pascal's triangle

Question

I have to print Pascal's Triangle, so it should have number 1 on each side, and format of triangle should be even on each side (now it's longer on the right side). My code:

public static void main(String[] args) {
    printPascalTriangle(10);
}

public static void printPascalTriangle(int size) {
    for (int i = 0; i <= size; i++) {
        System.out.println();
        for (int j = 0; j <= (size - i); j++) {
            System.out.print(" ");
        }
        for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
            System.out.print(" " + (i + j));
        }
    }
}

And the output is:

            0
           1 2
          2 3 4
         3 4 5 6
        4 5 6 7 8
       5 6 7 8 9 10
      6 7 8 9 10 11 12
     7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
    8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Why it doesn't sum up? And why loop doesn't format spaces properly?

So how should I change it to make it work? It's my third task, I'm not sure how to do it. — anabanana, May 11 '19 at 08:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 27 '21 at 06:34

You should use printf method instead of print with proper arguments to format your output:

public static void main(String[] args) {
    printPascalTriangle(10);
}

public static void printPascalTriangle(int rows) {
    for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
        int number = 1;
        System.out.printf("%" + (rows - i) * 2 + "s", "");
        for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
            System.out.printf("%4d", number);
            number = number * (i - j) / (j + 1);
        }
        System.out.println();
    }
}

Output:

                       1
                     1   1
                   1   2   1
                 1   3   3   1
               1   4   6   4   1
             1   5  10  10   5   1
           1   6  15  20  15   6   1
         1   7  21  35  35  21   7   1
       1   8  28  56  70  56  28   8   1
     1   9  36  84 126 126  84  36   9   1

Format of Pascal's triangle

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