public class DotExample { public static void main(String[] args) { for(int line = 1; line <= 5; line++) { // print some dots for(int j = 1; j <= -1*line + 5; j++) { System.out.print("."); } // print the line number System.out.print(line); // print more dots for(int j = 1; j <= line - 1; j++) { System.out.print("."); } System.out.println(); } } }