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

// 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;
}

C#

// 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);
}
}

Python3

#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)

Output:

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

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

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