Hollow Diamond Pattern
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Shanmuk_ChWrite a C program to print hollow diamond star pattern series of n rows using for
loop. How to print hollow diamond star pattern structure in C program. Logic to
print hollow diamond star pattern in C programming.
Example
Input
Input N: 5
Output
**********
**** ****
*** ***
** **
* *
* *
** **
*** ***
**** ****
**********
Required knowledge
Basic C programming, For loop, Nested loop
Must know - Program to print diamond star pattern
Logic to print hollow diamond star pattern
The pattern seems to be one of the complex pattern to think. To make it easier, let
us bisect in two halves.
**********
**** ****
*** ***
** **
* *
* *
** **
*** ***
**** ****
**********
Here in the upper part of the pattern, trailing and leading stars are inverted
right triangle pattern that can be easily printed. Each row contains 2*rownumber -
2 spaces.
Moving on to the second half, if you look at the trailing and leading stars you
will find that both of them are right triangle star pattern and total number of
spaces per row is 2*rownumber - 2.
Program to print hollow diamond star pattern
/**
* C program to print hollow diamond star pattern
*/
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i, j, n;
printf("Enter value of n : ");
scanf("%d", &n);
// Loop to print upper half of the pattern
for(i=1; i<=n; i++)
{
for(j=i; j<=n; j++)
{
printf("*");
}
for(j=1; j<=(2*i-2); j++)
{
printf(" ");
}
for(j=i; j<=n; j++)
{
printf("*");
}
printf("\n");
}
// Loop to print lower half of the pattern
for(i=1; i<=n; i++)
{
for(j=1; j<=i; j++)
{
printf("*");
}
for(j=(2*i-2); j<(2*n-2); j++)
{
printf(" ");
}
for(j=1; j<=i; j++)
{
printf("*");
}
printf("\n");
}
return 0;
}
Output
Enter value of n : 5
**********
**** ****
*** ***
** **
* *
* *
** **
*** ***
**** ****
**********