PascalTriangle.java

package other;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * @Author: Wenhang Chen
 * @Description:示例: 输入: 5
 * 输出:
 * [
 *      [1],
 *     [1,1],
 *    [1,2,1],
 *   [1,3,3,1],
 *  [1,4,6,4,1]
 * ]
 * @Date: Created in 20:59 12/27/2019
 * @Modified by:
 */
public class PascalTriangle {
    public List<List<Integer>> generate(int numRows) {
        List<List<Integer>> triangle = new ArrayList<List<Integer>>();

        // First base case; if user requests zero rows, they get zero rows.
        if (numRows == 0) {
            return triangle;
        }

        // Second base case; first row is always [1].
        triangle.add(new ArrayList<>());
        triangle.get(0).add(1);

        for (int rowNum = 1; rowNum < numRows; rowNum++) {
            List<Integer> row = new ArrayList<>();
            List<Integer> prevRow = triangle.get(rowNum - 1);

            // The first row element is always 1.
            row.add(1);

            // Each triangle element (other than the first and last of each row)
            // is equal to the sum of the elements above-and-to-the-left and
            // above-and-to-the-right.
            for (int j = 1; j < rowNum; j++) {
                row.add(prevRow.get(j - 1) + prevRow.get(j));
            }

            // The last row element is always 1.
            row.add(1);

            triangle.add(row);
        }

        return triangle;
    }
}