print white space instead of zero for 2D int array in java

Question

I am trying to print pascal's triangle using 2D int array

And printing 2D array in below way

public static void pascal (int n)
     { 
        int[][] pascalArray = new int[n][n];

        // Code here

        }

        printArray(pascalArray);

    public static void printArray(int[][] array)
     {
         for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
         {
             for(int j=0; j<array[i].length;j++)
             {
                 System.out.print(array[i][j] + " ");
             }
             System.out.println();
         }

For n =4

I am getting below output

Enter rows in the Pascal's triangle (or 0 to quit): 4
1 0 0 0 
1 1 0 0 
1 2 1 0 
1 3 3 1

Now I want white-space instead of zero or an isosceles triangle format for pretty print

Is that possible in for 2D int array or can we change 2D int array into some string array in printArray method and achieve the same?

I tried system.out.format but some how I am unable to get the output because of int 2D array

You could just have a check in your loop that checks to see if it's zero, and if it is, print a space instead of a 0. — Evan LaHurd
– Evan LaHurd, Commented Sep 16, 2015 at 21:07
@EvanLaHurd i tried if (array[i][j]==0) array[i][j]= ' '; But array is int 2D and it is unable to assign white space , I tried unicode also but still not showing the way I want. — user4549111
– user4549111, Commented Sep 16, 2015 at 21:10
Don't assign the space to array[i][j], just use System.out.print(" "); — Evan LaHurd
– Evan LaHurd, Commented Sep 16, 2015 at 21:14
Thanks for input .. but some how I am getting java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException for doing that!!! — user4549111
– user4549111, Commented Sep 16, 2015 at 21:20
Then you're doing something wrong...if you're only adding a check for 0 and printing a space instead of 0, then it shouldn't do that if it already wasn't. Either way, Andy's answer is your best bet! — Evan LaHurd
– Evan LaHurd, Commented Sep 16, 2015 at 21:22

Andy Thomas · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-16 21:09:46Z

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If you know you want a triangle, and you know the array is square, you could simply change the upper bound of the inner loop.

     for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
     {
         for(int j=0; j<=i; j++)
         {
             System.out.print(array[i][j] + " ");
         }
         System.out.println();
     }

answered Sep 16, 2015 at 21:09

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user4549111 Over a year ago

Oh yes!!!! I didn't think that way... thanks for the info man... It seems I made a newbie mistake here.

Yassin Hajaj · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-16 21:32:01Z

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You may just add the instruction that I added below. It prints only if the value in the array is not equal to "0". If it's a String array, use the equals() method

 for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
 {
     for(int j=0; j<array[i].length;j++)
     {
         if (array[i][j] != 0) System.out.print(array[i][j] + " ");
     }
     System.out.println();
 }

answered Sep 16, 2015 at 21:32

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