To flip the triangle you really just need to change the direction of iteration. Instead of going from i = 0
to i < lines
you need to go down from i = lines-1
to i >= 0
You also need to change the c
to how many spaces and symbols you want to start with.
Could look like this:
int c = 2*lines;
for (int i = lines-1; i>=0; i--)
{
for (int j = i; j < lines; j++)
{
System.out.print(" ");
}
for (int k = 1; k <= c; k++)
{
if (k % 2 == 0)
{
System.out.print(" ");
}
else
{
System.out.print(symbol);
}
}
System.out.print("\n");
c -= 2;
}