/** @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(); } } }