Hello all, I am struggling on how to figure out what the initialization of K is. Could anyone help explain this? Trying to make the shape on the left,

Q1; What does k=

Q2; k++ or k--

$$$$$$$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$ $$$ Scanner kb= new Scanner(System.in); System.out.print("Enter row: "); int R = kb.nextInt(); System.out.print("Enter column: "); int C = kb.nextInt(); if(R>C) R=C; int k = ? //01; for(int i = 0; i