From 9c0d7dd402d6e0862c4ae2f5c41e81c8fac25d80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mehrdad Shirvani <mehrdadsh0901@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:30:08 +0330
Subject: [PATCH] implement triangle method

---
 src/main/java/MainExercises.java | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/MainExercises.java b/src/main/java/MainExercises.java
index f5a4af9..e9716d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/MainExercises.java
+++ b/src/main/java/MainExercises.java
@@ -19,9 +19,20 @@ public class MainExercises
     the output has to be a two-dimensional array of characters, so don't just print the triangle!
  */
     public char[][] generateTriangle(int n) {
+        char[][] triangle = new char[n][];
+        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+        {
+            triangle[i] = new char[i+1];
+            for(int j = 0; j <= i; j++)
+            {
+                if(i == 0 || j == 0 || i == j || i == n-1)
+                    triangle[i][j] = '*';
+                else
+                    triangle[i][j] = ' ';
+            }
 
-        // todo
-        return null;
+        }
+        return triangle;
 
     }
 
-- 
2.54.0