java - I want to print this! (+Blank, and use character)

Question

i made ms excel example:

Anyway, I made code. But this code is print only half. Why, why,!

for (int i = 1 ; i <= 5 ; i++) {
        for (int j = 1 ; j <= 9 ; j++) {
            if ( j < 10 - i ) {
                System.out.print(" "); 
            } else
                System.out.print("*");
        } System.out.println();
    }

Why printed only half.: (

Answer 1

Your condition is wrong, it should be:

for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
    for (int j = 1; j <= 9; j++) {
        if (j <= 5 - i || j >= 5 + i) {
            System.out.print(" ");
        } else {
            System.out.print("*");
        }
    }
    System.out.println();
}