sizing problem

[terse geode]

<@&987246399047479336> please have a look, thanks.

[narrow tendon]

heres the code

import java.util.Scanner;
public class AssignedAsciiArt {
   public static void main(String[] args){
      Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
      System.out.print("What size space needle would you like to see? ");
      int size = in.nextInt();
      point(size);
      body(size);
      
   
   
   
   }
   public static void point(int size){
      for(int i = 1;i<=size;i++){
         for(int u=1;u<=size+8;u++){
             System.out.print(" ");
         }
         System.out.println("||");
      }
      for(int n = 1;n <= size;n++){
         int spaceloop =(n*-3)+12;
         for (int space = 1; space <= spaceloop; space++) {
            System.out.print(" ");
         }
             
       
         System.out.print("__/");
         if(n==1){
            System.out.print("||");
         }
         for(int y = 1; y<=2;y++){
            if(n>1){
               if(y==2){
                  System.out.print("||");
               }
               for(int t = 1;t<=n-1;t++){
                 
                  System.out.print(":::");
               }
            }
         }        
         System.out.print("\\__\n");              
       }   
      }
        
   
   public static void body(int size){
      for(int i = 1;i<=size;i++){
         for(int u=1;u<=size+8;u++){
            System.out.print(" ");
         }
         System.out.println("||");
      }
      
      for(int p = 1;p<=size*size;p++){
         for(int j=1;j<=2;j++){
            
               if(j==1){
                 
                  
                  System.out.print("         |");
               }
               if(j==2){
                  System.out.print("||");
               }
               for(int q = 1;q<=size-2;q++){
                  System.out.print("%");
               }
               if(j==2){
                  System.out.println("|");
               }
              
             
            
           
         }
      }   
   } 
}

[fossil cave]

1. What does it do?
2. What should it do?

[narrow tendon]

print out text art

of the space needle

[frigid wharf]

Well yes, but what are you actually expecting, provide the expected versus actual output.

[fossil cave]

I have no idea what the space needle is supposed to look like. Or what an ASCII-art representation should look like.

[narrow tendon]

something like this

[frigid wharf]

And what's your output?

[narrow tendon]

well for this given input of 4 its the same but anything over that looks something like this. this is the top by the way

[frigid wharf]

I'd recommend debugging your flow, you have some hardcoded numbers which should instead be based upon your input.

[fossil cave]

It looks like you can define it in sections - then count out where the middle should be and solve each one independently - that at least will let you focus on one pattern at a time.

Each pattern will have a formula to apply and you should be able to work through it from there (or come back to us with the one you're still struggling with)