Pattern-2

Mostly asked Programming Interview Questions:

Write a Program to display below Pattern?


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**            **
*  *        *  *
*    *    *    *
*      **      *
*      **      *
*    *    *    *
*  *        *  *
**            **
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package com.nataraja.b;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class Pattern2 {

public static void main(String[] args) throws  IOException {
System.out.println("Enter a Number:");
BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
int  n;
try{
n=Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());
int t=n;
int k=1;
for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){
for(int j=1;j<=n;j++){
if(j==1||j==n||i==1||i==n||t==j||j==k){
System.out.print("*");
}else{
System.out.print("  ");
}
}
t--;
k++;
System.out.println(" ");
}
}catch(Exception e){
//e.printStackTrace();
}

}
}