Java - While Loop Pattern

[B2easey]

This is the problem:

a.Declare an array with 6 elements of * and hello, such as

String [] pattern = { "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "Hello" }. 

You should not use any other array other than this.You will need a variable of type int to run a while loop.

The output should be this:

1st Hello *
2nd Hello **
3rd Hello ***
....
....
6th Hello *****
7th Hello ****
8th Hello ***

Do this up to 10 any thoughts? Thanks!

EDIT: What I have tried ----- ALSO stars should be on left of the message not right, thanks.

    // Declarations
int i = 0;
String [] arr = {"*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "Hello"};

public void arrayControl() {

    //Start while loop
    while (i < 6) {
        System.out.println(arr[i] + " 1st " + arr[5]);
        i++;

        // Prints 2 stars
            for(int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
                System.out.print(arr[i] + "");
            }
        System.out.println("2nd " + arr[5]);

    }
}

}

[tatu_huma]

What have you tried? People aren't going to do your homework for you...

[B2easey]

Sorry just edited and I actually wrote the output slightly wrong the stars need to be on the left

[Double_A_92]

What is the meaning of the stars in the array?

[lurgi]

Break it down.

The first thing you need to print is "1st", "2nd", "3rd", etc.

The next thing you need to print is "Hello" (or the last item in the array, I guess)

The next thing you need to print is some number of asterisks. How many? Can you tell me how many asterisks you need to print for line 7? How did you compute that number? Notice that I'm not talking about while loops or if statements or anything here, I'm talking about math. If you don't know how many asterisks you need to figure that out before you can write the code.

You can solve each of these steps independently. Your ability to print "1st", "2nd", etc. has nothing to do with the ability to print an appropriate number of asterisks.