Outputting values 1 to A, with B values per row (Java) -

public static void applicationb(int a, int b) {      int number = 1;      (int row = 0; row < a; row++) {          (int col = 0; col < b; col++) {              int output = number + row++;             system.out.printf("% 4d", output);          }          // skip because of this?         system.out.println("");     } } 

it outputs = 20, b = 5

1   2   3   4   5 7   8   9   10  11 13  14  15  16  17 19  20  21  22  23 

the correct output should be

1   2   3   4   5 6   7   8   9   10 11  12  13  14  15 16  17  18  19  20 

i cannot figure out how stop skipping 6, 12, , 18. doing horrible way? or on right track?

you incrementing row in 2 places. also, easier have 1 loop, , output line break every b elements (you can use i % b test this).