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C Exercises: Display the pattern like a diamond

C For Loop: Exercise-31 with Solution

Write a program in C to display the pattern like a diamond. The pattern is as follows : 

    * 
   ***
  ***** 
 ******* 
********* 
 *******
  *****
   ***
    *

Pictorial Presentation:

Display the pattern like a diamond

Sample Solution:

C Code:

#include <stdio.h>

void main()
{
   int i,j,r;
   printf("Input number of rows (half of the diamond) :");
   scanf("%d",&r);
   for(i=0;i<=r;i++)
   {
     for(j=1;j<=r-i;j++)
     printf(" ");
     for(j=1;j<=2*i-1;j++)
       printf("*");
     printf("\n");
   }
 
   for(i=r-1;i>=1;i--)
   {
     for(j=1;j<=r-i;j++)
     printf(" ");
     for(j=1;j<=2*i-1;j++)
       printf("*");
     printf("\n");
   }
 
}

Sample Output: 

Input number of rows (half of the diamond) :5                                                                 
                                                                                                              
    *                                                                                                         
   ***                                                                                                        
  *****                                                                                                       
 *******                                                                                                      
*********                                                                                                     
 *******                                                                                                      
  *****                                                                                                       
   ***                                                                                                        
    *

Flowchart:

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C Programming: Tips of the Day

Is there a way to specify how many characters of a string to print out using printf()?

The basic way is:

printf ("Here are the first 8 chars: %.8s\n", "A string that is more than 8 chars");

The other, often more useful, way is:

printf ("Here are the first %d chars: %.*s\n", 8, 8, "A string that is more than 8 chars");

Here, you specify the length as an int argument to printf(), which treats the '*' in the format as a request to get the length from an argument.

You can also use the notation:

printf ("Here are the first 8 chars: %*.*s\n",
        8, 8, "A string that is more than 8 chars");

This is also analogous to the "%8.8s" notation, but again allows you to specify the minimum and maximum lengths at runtime - more realistically in a scenario like:

printf("Data: %*.*s Other info: %d\n", minlen, maxlen, string, info);

The POSIX specification for printf() defines these mechanism

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