Print Inverted Half Diamond Star Pattern

June 23, 2019

 

PRINTING PATTERN:

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PREREQUISITE:

Basic knowledge of C language and use of loops.

ALGORITHM:

  1. Take the number of rows as input from the user and store it in any variable.(‘r‘ in this case).
  2. Run a loop ‘r’ number of times to iterate through each of the rows. From i=0 to i<r. The loop should be structured as for( i=0 ; i<r : i++).
  3. Use an if condition to to print the top half of the diamond. if (i<=r/2). Then run a loop from k=r/2 to k>i. The loop should be structured as for(k=r/2 ; k>i ; k–). Inside this loop print space.
  4. After this inside the if block run another loop from j=0 to j<=i. The loop should be structured as for(j=0 ; j<=i ; j++)
  5. Inside this loop print star.
  6. Else run a different loop from k=r/2 to k<i, The loop should be structured as for( k=r/2;k<i ;k++).  Inside this loop print space
  7. Run another loop inside the else block from j=i to j<r. The loop should be structured as for( j=i ; j<r ; j++).
  8. Inside this loop print star.
  9. Inside the main loop print a newline to move to the next line after each row is printed.

CODE IN C:

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i,j,k,r;            //declaring integer variables i,j,k for loops and r for number of rows
printf("Enter the number of rows(odd) :\n");    //Asking user for input
scanf("%d",&r);                     //taking number of rows and saving it in variable r
for(i=0;i<r;i++)                   // loop for number of rows
   {
      if(i<=(r/2))                  //if condition to print the top half
        {
           for(k=r/2;k>i;k--)       //loop to print spaces before the top half of diamond
              {
                 printf(" ");       //printing spaces
              } 
           for(j=0;j<=i;j++)       // loop for stars per each row
              {
                 printf("*");      //printing stars
              }
        }
      else                     //else condition for printing the lower half of the diamond
         {
            for(k=r/2;k<i;k++)      //loop for printing spaces before the lower half
               {
                  printf(" ");      //printing spaces
               }
            for(j=i;j<r;j++)       //loop for printing stars
               {
                  printf("*");     //printing stars
               }

         }

      printf("\n");                // printing newline after each row
   }
}

TAKING INPUT:
DISPLAYING OUTPUT:

 

2 comments on “Print Inverted Half Diamond Star Pattern”


  • Keerthick

    public static void main(String[] args) {
    int n = 5;
    for(int i=1; i=i; j–){
    System.out.print(” “);
    }
    for(int j=1; j<=i; j++){
    System.out.print("* ");
    }
    System.out.println();
    }
    for(int i=1; i<n; i++){
    for(int j=1; j=i; j–){
    System.out.print(“* “);
    }
    System.out.println();
    }
    }

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  • Arthi

    #pyhton
    n = 7
    c = 1
    m = n//2+1
    for i in range(1,m+1):
    print(” “*(m-i)+”*”*i)
    for j in range(m-1,0,-1):
    print(” “*c+”*”*j)
    c += 1

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