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This program demonstrates a triangular array
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/*
This program is a part of the companion code for Core Java 8th ed.
(http://horstmann.com/corejava)
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*/
/**
* This program demonstrates a triangular array.
*
* @version 1.20 2004-02-10
* @author Cay Horstmann
*/
public class LotteryArray {
public static void main(String[] args) {
final int NMAX = 10;
// allocate triangular array
int[][] odds = new int[NMAX + 1][];
for (int n = 0; n <= NMAX; n++)
odds[n] = new int[n + 1];
// fill triangular array
for (int n = 0; n < odds.length; n++)
for (int k = 0; k < odds[n].length; k++) {
/*
* compute binomial coefficient n*(n-1)*(n-2)*...*(n-k+1)/(1*2*3*...*k)
*/
int lotteryOdds = 1;
for (int i = 1; i <= k; i++)
lotteryOdds = lotteryOdds * (n - i + 1) / i;
odds[n][k] = lotteryOdds;
}
// print triangular array
for (int[] row : odds) {
for (int odd : row)
System.out.printf("%4d", odd);
System.out.println();
}
}
}
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