In this exercise, I will show you, How to write a C program to print hollow rhombus star pattern. Here, one thing is important to know that all sides of the square must be the same.
#include <stdio.h> int main() { int x = 0,y = 0; unsigned int rows = 0; printf("Enter the number of rows = "); scanf("%u",&rows); for(x=1; x<=rows; ++x) { // Print spaces for(y=1; y<= (rows - x); ++y) { printf(" "); } // Print stars for(y=1; y<=rows; ++y) { if((x==1) || (x==rows) || (y==1) || (y==rows)) { //Print star printf("*"); } else { //Print space printf(" "); } } // Print new line printf("\n"); } return 0; }
Output:
Enter the number of rows = 10
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Output:
Enter the number of rows = 10
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