Nested For Loop To Capture Structure Of The Figure

I am having problem with some problems like this nested for-loop for instance ....

-----1-----
----333----
---55555---
--7777777--
-999999999-

Now I have to write a method called printDesign that produces the following output but i am not even entirely sure how to start it out now of course i know how to make a for-loop but and i guess if i was to do something for this i would do this .....

Java Code:

for(int*j=0;j<N-k;j++){
System.out.print("-");*
for(int*j=0;j<i;j++){
System.out.print(i);*
for(int*j=0;j<N-k;j++){
System.out.print("-");*
System.out.println();*
}
}
} mh_sh_highlight_all('java');