How exactly should I formulate the loop to print the following statement?

[hrstissiaopai]

I am trying to print the following pattern:

*
* *
* * *
* * * *
* * * * *
* * * * * *
* * * * * * *
* * * * * *
* * * * *
* * * *
* * *
* *
*

Help, please! Oh, and if you could write actual code and not just psedocode that would be greatly appreciated, but if you can't, then write in psedocode. Thanks in advance!

[Rabbit]

What you'll need to do is something like this

loop i from 1 to 7
   loop j from 1 to i
      print *
   end loop

   print new line
end loop

That will give you the first half. You just need to reverse the loop for the rest of it.