Java patterns program 8

public class PrintPattern {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    int space = 8;
    for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
      //print first part of the row
      for (int j = 1; j <= i; j++)
        System.out.print("*");

      //print space
      for (int j = 1; j <= space; j++)
        System.out.print(" ");

      //print second part of the row
      for (int j = 1; j <= i; j++)
        System.out.print("*");

      //print new lint
      System.out.println();
      space = space - 2;
    }
  }
}