about printf

How do I print from right to left using printf? Do I need a specific escape sequence? For example I need to print
************
***** *****
**** ****
*** ***
** **
* *

but when I run my program I get


************
***** *****
**** ****
*** ***
** **
* *
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Sorry, the picture didnt turn out like I expected.

>Sorry, the picture didnt turn out like I expected.

Edit it and use [code][/code] tags to preserve spacing. And post your code as well.

I saw what you ment by hovering the mouse on the topic in the forum.

I don't think you can write from right to left. however , you could figure an algorithm that knows how many spaces there are between the two shapes.

It simply goes like this :
- output 6 and 6 asterisks on the first line.
- output 5 asterisks , a space and another 5 asterisks.
- output 4 asterisks , two spaces and another 4 asterisks

and so on...


hope this helps

> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Posting your code would help

ok my program is:

Code:

---

for (i=1; i>1; i--)
{
  for (j=1, J<=i, J++)
    printf("*");
  for(k=i; k<n; k++)
  printf(" ");
  for (j=1; j<=i; j++)
  printf("*");

---

I just have a nested for loop, and it is the last for loop which needs to be changed. Im just stuck.

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> for (i=1; i>1; i--)
Well you could post the code which produced your results, because this code isn't it.
This loop never runs, it immediately fails the first test ( 1 is not > 1 )

Perhaps you could tell us what n is?