C program to print diamond star pattern at the center of the screen

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C program to print diamond star pattern

To print a diamond start pattern in the middle of the screen use the below C code. It print the pattern at the center of the screen with required number of rows.

Program:

#include<stdio.h> 
 int main()
 {
   int n;

   printf("Enter number of rows: ");
   scanf("%d",&n);

   for(int i=1; i<=n; i++)
   {
     for(int j=1; j<=40-i; j++)
     {
       printf(" ");
     }
     for(int k=1; k<=2*i-1; k++)
     {
       printf("*");
     }
     printf("\n");
   }

   for(int i=n-1; i>=1; i--)
   {
     for(int j=40; j>i; j--)
     {
       printf(" ");
     }
     for(int k=1; k<=2*i-1; k++)
     {
       printf("*");
     }
     printf("\n");
   }

   return 0;
 }

Output:

Enter number of rows: 5
                                       *
                                      ***
                                     *****
                                    *******
                                   *********
                                    *******
                                     *****
                                      ***
                                       *

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