Foundations Loops through pattern printing
9. Inverted Right Triangle of Stars
Easy
Given an integer n, return the pattern below as a list of strings, one string per row, top row first.
****
***
**
*
That is the pattern for n = 4. The top row holds n stars, and each row below it holds one star fewer, so
the bottom row is a single star. Every row starts at the left edge, and the stars in a row sit side by side.
A row has no spaces anywhere: none before the first star, none between stars and none after the last one.
Example 1
Input: n = 4
Output:
**** *** ** *
Example 2
Input: n = 1
Output:
*Example 3
Input: n = 6
Output:
****** ***** **** *** ** *
Check your understanding
Work out the answer for this input before you write any code.
n = 3
Constraints
1 ≤ n ≤ 100
Clarifying questions
What you would ask an interviewer before writing any code.