Question

I want to print out something like this

^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^
in java. How can I do this . Is there another way other than
system.out.print("^^^^^");
i want to do this in as many different ways as possible

Answer 1

would System.out.print("^^^^^"); in a for loop that iterates 3 times be what you mean? or are you looking for a different command to print it as?

Answer 2

is there a way i can use recursion? @woodrow73

Answer 3

that can work too..can you please show me an example of how i can do that @woodrow73

Answer 4

Recusion is something that calls itself. I do not know why you would do that for a print. As they said, a loop might be good.

Answer 5

please give me a hint of how I can use the for loop...

Answer 6

I have yet to learn recursion- but I'll show you the syntax of a for loop.

for(<initialize variable>; <boolean expression>; <update expression>) {

}

Answer 7

can the variable be a string?

Answer 8

When the program gets to the for loop- a variable will initialize at the start, like int i = 0; then when it reaches the end of the bracuts, the update expression will take place, like i++, and it will loop until the boolean expression turns false

Answer 9

ok...i get your point now

Answer 10

if you want to print "^^^^^" 3 times, then you put System.out.print("^^^^^"); inside the bracuts, and adjust the for loop header from there

Answer 11

Recursion is a way to a reduce a problem to the simplest form by passing it to itself. Each time it strips off or deals with some of the problem.

A loop is a way to repeat the same action 0 or more times. Yes, a loop can do something no times and be bypassed. Seems odd, but this makes sense if you want the loop to only work in some cases, not all.

Answer 12

say for example I want to print ^ 5 times, will this be right?

for(int i =0; i<=5;i++)
{
system.out.print("^")

Answer 13

No, that would do it 6 times.

Answer 14

that is interesting @e.mccormick

Answer 15

should i have put i<=4

Answer 16

You started at 0 and went up to and included 5.
0,1,2,3,4,5

So 6 times.

Or just use < 5 because that is 0,1,2,3,4

Answer 17

ok, that looks better

Answer 18

ya, think of it as the i++ will execute right after you print("^"), so you can do what you said mokeira, or what e.mccormick said, or you could even initialize i as i = 1 instead.

Answer 19

wow, there are so may different ways to think on the same problem

Answer 20

The typical thing in computer science is to be aware of 0. So:
`for(int i =0; i<5;i++) system.out.print("^");`

Answer 21

yeah

Answer 22

ya, & if you only have 1 line of code after a for loop, you don't need brackets

Answer 23

Thank you so much people!!!!!
@woodrow73
@e.mccormick
Thanks a lot

Answer 24

np. have fun!