Working with Decision-making Statement in Java • 105
Explanation: It is assumed the pattern itself consists of two sub-patterns. The fi rst pattern assumed is up to
the numbers shown in the bold. Rest of the numbers is part of the second pattern. For each iteration of outer
loop, row number is stored into val variable and printed till col 2*row 1 remains true. But before this,
spaces are left so that numbers appear in the centres and space I is obtained on the left before printing each
number. This condition has been chosen as for row 1, 2, 3, 4, 2*row 1 is obtained as 3, 5, 7, 9which
are shown in bold letters in the pyramid. ...
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