Print pattern using only one loop | Set 1 (Using setw)

Print simple patterns like below using single line of code under loop. 
Examples:

Input : 5
Output :
    *
   **
  ***
 ****
*****
Input : 6
Output :
     *
    **
   ***
  ****
 *****
******

setw(n) Creates n columns and fills these n columns from right. We fill i of them with a given character, here we create a string with i asterisks using string constructor. setfill() Used to set fill character in a stream. Here we use it to fill remaining n-i-1 places with space (or ' ') in n columns. 

// CPP program to print a pattern using only 
// one loop. <iomanip> is header file for stfill() 
// and setw() 
#include<iostream> 
#include<iomanip> 
using namespace std; 

void generatePattern(int n) 
{ 
    // Iterate for n lines 
    for (int i=1 ; i<=n ; i++) 
        cout << setfill(' ') << setw(n) 
            << string(i, '*') << endl; 

    // Remove multi-line commenting characters below 
    // to get PATTERN WITH CHARACTERS IN LEFT AND 
    // SPACE IN RIGHT 
    /* for (int i=1 ; i<=n ; i++) 
        cout << left << setfill(' ') 
            << setw(n) << string(i,'*') << endl; */
} 

// Driver code 
int main() 
{ 
    int n = 6; 
    generatePattern(n); 
    return 0; 
} 

public class PatternPrinting {
    // Function to generate and print the pattern
    public static void generatePattern(int n) {
        for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
            // Use printf to format the output with spaces on the left
            // and asterisks on the right, to create the pattern.
            System.out.printf("%" + n + "s%n", "*".repeat(i));
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int n = 6; // Define the number of lines in the pattern
        generatePattern(n); // Call the pattern generation function
    }
}

#Python equivalent
#include <iostream> is replaced by print() function
#include <iomanip> is replaced by string.ljust()

def generatePattern(n): 
    # Iterate for n lines 
    for i in range(1, n+1): 
        print(str('*'*i).rjust(n)) 

    # Remove multi-line commenting characters below 
    # to get PATTERN WITH CHARACTERS IN LEFT AND 
    # SPACE IN RIGHT 
    '''for i in range(1, n+1): 
        print(str('*'*i).ljust(n))'''

# Driver code 
if __name__ == '__main__': 
    n = 6
    generatePattern(n)

// C# program to print a pattern using only
// one loop. System namespace is used for Console
// class.
using System;

public class GFG {
public static void GeneratePattern(int n)
{
// Iterate for n lines
for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
Console.WriteLine("{0," + n + "}", new String('*', i));
      // Remove multi-line commenting characters below 
    // to get PATTERN WITH CHARACTERS IN LEFT AND 
    // SPACE IN RIGHT 
    /* for (int i=1 ; i<=n ; i++) 
        Console.WriteLine("{0,-" + n + "}", new String('*', i)); */
} 

// Driver code 
public static void Main() 
{ 
    int n = 6; 
    GeneratePattern(n); 
} 
}

// JS program to print a pattern using only 
// one loop.
function generatePattern(n) 
{

  // Iterate for n lines
  for (let i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
    console.log("*".repeat(i).padStart(n));
  }

  // Remove multi-line commenting characters below
  // to get PATTERN WITH CHARACTERS IN LEFT AND
  // SPACE IN RIGHT
  /*
  for (let i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
    console.log("*".repeat(i).padEnd(n));
  }
  */
}

// Driver code
const n = 6;
generatePattern(n);

// This code is contributed by akashish__

Output:

     *
    **
   ***
  ****
 *****
******

Time complexity: O(n²) for given input n
Auxiliary space: O(1)

Please refer below post for one more approach. Print pattern using only one loop | Set 2 (Using Continue) This article is contributed by Sakshi Tiwari. If you like GeeksforGeeks( We know you do! ) and would like to contribute, you can also write an article using write.geeksforgeeks.org or mail your article to [email protected].