/****************************************************************************** * Compilation: javac Pascal.java * Execution: java Pascal n * * Computes and prints out Pascal's triangle or order n. * Illustrated ragged arrays in Java. * * % java Pascal 7 * 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 * ******************************************************************************/ public class Pascal { public static void main(String[] args) { int n = Integer.parseInt(args[0]); int[][] pascal = new int[n+1][]; // initialize first row pascal[1] = new int[1+2]; pascal[1][1] = 1; // fill in Pascal's triangle for (int i = 2; i <= n; i++) { pascal[i] = new int[i+2]; for (int j = 1; j < pascal[i].length - 1; j++) pascal[i][j] = pascal[i-1][j-1] + pascal[i-1][j]; } // print results for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) { for (int j = 1; j < pascal[i].length - 1; j++) { System.out.print(pascal[i][j] + " "); } System.out.println(); } } }