// burton rosenberg
// 3 feb, 2004

// this program introduces nested while loops

class StarsOfStars
{

    static final int NUM_OF_STARS_MAX = 6 ;

    public static 
    void main ( String [ ] args ) 
    {
        int numOfStars ;
        numOfStars = NUM_OF_STARS_MAX ;

        while ( numOfStars>0  )
        {

             // print one row of stars, of length numOfStars
             int i ;
             i = numOfStars ;
             while ( i>0 )
             {
                System.out.print('*') ;       
     	        i-- ;
             }
             System.out.println() ;

             // next row print one less star
             numOfStars-- ;
        }
    }   
}