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pyramid pattern of stars. This post
covers below patterns formed by
pyramid –

Pattern 1: Pyramid

Pattern 2: Inverted Pyramid

Pattern 3: Hollow Pyramid

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We have n rows. Here, 1st row will contain

(n-1) spaces followed by 1 star, 2nd row will
contain (n-2) spaces followed by 3 stars, 3rd
row will contain (n-3) spaces followed by 5
stars, and so on.. We can use nested loops to
print this pattern where outer loop
represents row number (say i) and inner
loop prints the space (n-i times) followed by
the star pattern (2*i – 1 times).

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
// n is number of rows
int n = 5;

int i, j, k;

// do for each row

for (i = 1; i <= n; i++)
{
// print space
for (j = i; j < n; j++)
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printf("*");
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printf("\n");
}
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return 0;
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2 {
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4 {
5 // n is number of rows
6 final int n = 5;
7
8 // Do for each row
9 for (int i = 1; i <= n; i
10 {
11 // Print space
12 for (int j = i; j < n
13 System.out.print(
14 }
15
16 // Print '*'
17 for (int k = 1; k < 2
18 System.out.print(
19 }
20
21 // Move to the next l
22 System.out.print(Syst
23 }
24 }
25 }

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Pattern 2: Inverted Pyramid

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

Suppose we have n rows. First row will

contain 0 space followed by 2*n-1 stars, 2nd
row will contain 1 space followed by 2*n-3
stars, 3rd row will contain 2 spaces followed
by 2*n-5 stars and so on.. We can use
nested loops to print this pattern where
outer loop represents row number (say i)
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1 #include <stdio.h>
2
3 int main(void)
4 {
5 // n is number of rows
6 int n = 5;
7
8 int i, j, k;
9
10 // do for each row
11 for (i = n; i >= 1; i--)
12 {
13 // print space
14 for (j = n; j > i; j--)
15 printf(" ");
16
17 // print '*'
18 for (k = 1; k < 2*i; k++)
19 printf("*");
20
21 // move to the next line
22 printf("\n");
23 }
24
25 return 0;
26 }

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1 class Pattern
2 {
3 public static void main(Strin
4 {
5 // n is number of rows
6 final int n = 5;
7
8 // Do for each row
9 for (int i = n; i >= 1; i
10 {
11 // Print space
12 for (int j = n; j > i
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16 // Print '*'
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18 System.out.print(
19 }
20
21 // Move to the next l
22 System.out.print(Syst
23 }
24 }
25 }

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Pattern 3: Hollow Pyramid

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

The idea remains same as Pattern 1 but here

we print ‘*’ only for last row and rst & last
positions for remaining rows. For all other
positions, we print space.

1 #include <stdio.h>
2
3 int main(void)
4 {
5 // n is number of rows
6 int n = 5;
7
8 int i, j, k;
9
10 // do for each row
11 for (i = 1; i <= n; i++)
12 {
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15 printf(" ");
16
17 // print '*' Close and accept

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18 for (k = 1; k < 2*i; k++)

19 {
20 // print '*' for boun
21 if (i == n || (k == 1
22 printf("*");
23 else
24 printf(" ");
25 }
26
27 // move to the next line
28 printf("\n");
29 }
30
31 return 0;
32 }

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1 class Pattern
2 {
3 public static void main(Strin
4 {
5 // n is number of rows
6 final int n = 5;
7
8 // Do for each row
9 for (int i = 1; i <= n; i
10 {
11 // Print space
12 for (int j = i; j < n
13 System.out.print(
14 }
15
16 // Print '*'
17 for (int k = 1; k < 2
18 {
19 // Print '*' for
20 if (i == n || (k
21 System.out.pr
22 }
23 else {
24 System.out.pr
25 }
26 }
27
28 // Move to the next l
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31 }
32 } Close and accept

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Pattern 4: Hollow Inverted Pyramid

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

The idea remains the same as Pattern 2 but

we print ‘*’ only for last row and rst & last
cell in each row. All other positions will be
lled by spaces.

1 #include <stdio.h>
2
3 int main(void)
4 {
5 // n is number of rows
6 int n = 5;
7
8 int i, j, k;
9
10 // do for each row
11 for (i = n; i >= 1; i--)
12 {
13 // print space
14 for (j = n; j > i; j--)
15 printf(" ");
16
17 // print '*'
18 for (k = 1; k < 2*i; k++)
19 {
20 // print '*' for boun
21 if (i == n || (k == 1
22 printf("*");
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24 printf(" ");
25 }
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27 // move to the next line

28 printf("\n");
29 }
30
31 return 0;
32 }

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1 class Pattern
2 {
3 public static void main(Strin
4 {
5 // n is number of rows
6 final int n = 5;
7
8 // Do for each row
9 for (int i = n; i >= 1; i
10 {
11 // Print space
12 for (int j = n; j > i
13 System.out.print(
14 }
15
16 // Print '*'
17 for (int k = 1; k < 2
18 // Print '*' for
19 if (i == n || (k
20 System.out.pr
21 }
22 else {
23 System.out.pr
24 }
25 }
26
27 // Move to the next l
28 System.out.print(Syst
29 }
30 }
31 }

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