RosettaCodeData/Task/Pascals-triangle/JavaScript/pascals-triangle-1.js

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JavaScript

// Pascal's triangle object
function pascalTriangle (rows) {
// Number of rows the triangle contains
this.rows = rows;
// The 2D array holding the rows of the triangle
this.triangle = new Array();
for (var r = 0; r < rows; r++) {
this.triangle[r] = new Array();
for (var i = 0; i <= r; i++) {
if (i == 0 || i == r)
this.triangle[r][i] = 1;
else
this.triangle[r][i] = this.triangle[r-1][i-1]+this.triangle[r-1][i];
}
}
// Method to print the triangle
this.print = function(base) {
if (!base)
base = 10;
// Private method to calculate digits in number
var digits = function(n,b) {
var d = 0;
while (n >= 1) {
d++;
n /= b;
}
return d;
}
// Calculate max spaces needed
var spacing = digits(this.triangle[this.rows-1][Math.round(this.rows/2)],base);
// Private method to add spacing between numbers
var insertSpaces = function(s) {
var buf = "";
while (s > 0) {
s--;
buf += " ";
}
return buf;
}
// Print the triangle line by line
for (var r = 0; r < this.triangle.length; r++) {
var l = "";
for (var s = 0; s < Math.round(this.rows-1-r); s++) {
l += insertSpaces(spacing);
}
for (var i = 0; i < this.triangle[r].length; i++) {
if (i != 0)
l += insertSpaces(spacing-Math.ceil(digits(this.triangle[r][i],base)/2));
l += this.triangle[r][i].toString(base);
if (i < this.triangle[r].length-1)
l += insertSpaces(spacing-Math.floor(digits(this.triangle[r][i],base)/2));
}
print(l);
}
}
}
// Display 4 row triangle in base 10
var tri = new pascalTriangle(4);
tri.print();
// Display 8 row triangle in base 16
tri = new pascalTriangle(8);
tri.print(16);