CareerCup

I'm guessing they want this to be flexible to accept larger negative values (e.g. what happens when the input array contains -4?). So,
1) find the minimum of the input array, if not negative, use 0.
2) print line by line

public void main(int[] inputArray) {
	int min = findMin(inputArray);

	for(int i=0;i<inputArray.length;i++){
		if(inputArray[i] > 0) {
			for(int j=min;j<0;j++){
				Console.Write(" ");
			}
		}
		else{
			for(int j=min;j<(min-inputArray[i]);j++){
				Console.Write(" ");
			}
		}
		for(int j=0;j<inputArray[i];j++){
			Console.Write("*");
		}
		Console.WriteLine();
	}
}

public int findMin(int[] array) {
	int minInt = array[0];
	for(int i=1;i<array.length;i++) {
		if(array[i] < minInt)
			{minInt=array[i];}
	}
	return minInt;
}

public static void printStars(int[] inputArray) {            
            for (int value : inputArray) {            
              System.out.println((value<0?"":"  ")+(new char[value<0?-value:value]).toString().replace("\0", "*"));            
            }
        }
        
        public static final void main(String[] args) {
            
            int[] arr = {5,2,-3,4,1};
            printStars(arr);
        }

private static void printArray(int[] inputArray) {
		String [] tempArrayA = new String[inputArray.length];
		String max = "";
		for (int i = 0; i < inputArray.length; i++) {
			if(inputArray[i]<0){
				tempArrayA[i] ="";
				for (int j = inputArray[i]; j < 0; j++) {
					tempArrayA[i] = tempArrayA[i] +" ";	
				}
				if(max.length()<tempArrayA[i].length()){
					max = tempArrayA[i];
				}
			}else{
				tempArrayA[i] ="";
				for (int j = 0; j < inputArray[i]; j++) {
					tempArrayA[i] = tempArrayA[i] +"*";
				}
			}
		}
		
		for (int i = 0; i < tempArrayA.length; i++) {
			if(tempArrayA[i].contains("*"))
				System.out.println(max + tempArrayA[i]);
			else
				System.out.println(tempArrayA[i]);
		}
	}

class New
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
int a[]={5,2,-3,4,1};
int min=a[0];
int spc=0;
for(int i=0;i<a.length;i++)
{
if(a[i]<min)
{
min=a[i];
}
}
System.out.println(min+"");
spc=min*-1;
System.out.println(spc+"");
for(int i=0;i<a.length;i++)
{ if(a[i]!=min)
{
for(int k=0;k<spc;k++)
{
System.out.print("_");
}
//System.out.println();
for(int j=0;j<a[i];j++)
{
System.out.print("*");
}
System.out.println();
}
else
{
for(int k=0;k<spc;k++)
{
System.out.print("*");
}
System.out.println();
}
}
}
}

package practice;

public class Test {


public static void main(String a[]){

int arr[] = {5,2,-3,4,1};
int m = arr[0];
int val;
for(int i = 1;i < arr.length;i++){
if(arr[i]<m){
m=arr[i];
}
}

m = m*(-1);

for(int i=0;i<arr.length;i++){
if(arr[i]>0){
val=arr[i];
for(int j=1;j<=m;j++){
System.out.print("_");
}
}else{
val=arr[i]*-1;
for(int j=1;j<=m+arr[i];j++){
System.out.print("_");
}
}

for(int j=0;j<val;j++){
System.out.print("*");
}
System.out.println();
}

}
}

Not very clean, but does the work..

Integer[] a = {5,2,-3,4,1};
		Integer smallest = a[0];
		for(int x = 0 ;x<a.length;x++)
		{
			if(smallest>a[x])
			{
				smallest = a[x];
			}
		}
		if(smallest<0)
		{
			smallest = smallest*(-1);
		}
		for(int x=0;x<a.length;x++)
		{
			System.out.println("\n");
			if(a[x]>0)
			{
				for(int y = 0;y<smallest;y++)
				{
					System.out.print(" ");
				}
				for(int y = 0 ; y< a[x];y++)
				{
					System.out.print("*");
				}
			}else if(a[x]<0)
			{
				Integer value = a[x]*(-1);
				Integer blanks = smallest - value;
				for(int y = 0;y<blanks;y++)
				{
					System.out.print(" ");
				}
				for(int y = 0 ; y< value;y++)
				{
					System.out.print("*");
				}
			}
		}

Not very clean, but does the work..

Integer[] a = {5,2,-3,4,1};
		Integer smallest = a[0];
		for(int x = 0 ;x<a.length;x++)
		{
			if(smallest>a[x])
			{
				smallest = a[x];
			}
		}
		if(smallest<0)
		{
			smallest = smallest*(-1);
		}
		for(int x=0;x<a.length;x++)
		{
			System.out.println("\n");
			if(a[x]>0)
			{
				for(int y = 0;y<smallest;y++)
				{
					System.out.print(" ");
				}
				for(int y = 0 ; y< a[x];y++)
				{
					System.out.print("*");
				}
			}else if(a[x]<0)
			{
				Integer value = a[x]*(-1);
				Integer blanks = smallest - value;
				for(int y = 0;y<blanks;y++)
				{
					System.out.print(" ");
				}
				for(int y = 0 ; y< value;y++)
				{
					System.out.print("*");
				}
			}
		}

Integer[] a = {5,2,-3,4,1};
		Integer smallest = a[0];
		for(int x = 0 ;x<a.length;x++)
		{
			if(smallest>a[x])
			{
				smallest = a[x];
			}
		}
		if(smallest<0)
		{
			smallest = smallest*(-1);
		}
		for(int x=0;x<a.length;x++)
		{
			System.out.println("\n");
			if(a[x]>0)
			{
				for(int y = 0;y<smallest;y++)
				{
					System.out.print(" ");
				}
				for(int y = 0 ; y< a[x];y++)
				{
					System.out.print("*");
				}
			}else if(a[x]<0)
			{
				Integer value = a[x]*(-1);
				Integer blanks = smallest - value;
				for(int y = 0;y<blanks;y++)
				{
					System.out.print(" ");
				}
				for(int y = 0 ; y< value;y++)
				{
					System.out.print("*");
				}
			}
		}

import java.util.*;

public class pattern
{
    

public static void main(String[] args) {
	//code
	int []arr={5,2,-3,4,1};
	int i,j;
	for(i=0;i<5;i++)
	{
	    j=0;
	    if(arr[i]>0)
	    {
	      System.out.print("::");
	      while(j<arr[i])
	      {
	         System.out.print("*");
	         j++;
	      }
	    }
	    else
	    {
	    
	      while(j<(-1*arr[i]))
	      {
	           System.out.print("*");
	           j++;
	       }
	    }
	    System.out.println();
    }
 }
}

Given an array arr=[5,2,-3,4,1]
print
_ _ * * * * *
_ _ * *
* * *
_ _ * * * *
_ _ *

Note [In real question, replace _ by blank(or space)]. So, while solving this question need to replace _ by blank ].

class Pattern12
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
int i,j,k;
int a[]={5,2,-3,4,1};
int l=a.length;
for(i=0;i<l;i++)
{
if(a[i]>=0)
{
for(j=0;j<2;j++)
{
System.out.print("_");
}
for(k=0;k<a[i];k++)
{
System.out.print("*");
}
System.out.println("");
}
else
{
for(j=a[i];j<0;j++)
{
System.out.print("*");
}
System.out.println("");
}
}
}
}

class Pattern12
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
int i,j,k;
int a[]={5,2,-3,4,1};
int l=a.length;
for(i=0;i<l;i++)
{if(a[i]>=0)
{for(j=0;j<2;j++)
{System.out.print("_");}
for(k=0;k<a[i];k++)
{System.out.print("*");}
System.out.println("");}
else
{
for(j=a[i];j<0;j++)
{System.out.print("*");}
System.out.println("");
}}}}