C Program to print Hollow Rhombus in a star pattern Type 1

Program

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
	int i, j, k, n;
	printf("Enter the number of rows to print the hollow rhombus\n");
	scanf("%d", &n);
	for(i = 1; i <= n; i++)
	{
		for(j = 1; j<= (n + 1) - i; j++)
		{
			printf("*");
		}
		for(k = 1; k < i; k++)
		{
			printf("  ");
		}
		for(j = 1; j <= (n + 1) - i; j++)
		{
			printf("*");
		}
		printf("\n");
	}
	for(i = 2; i <= n; i++)
	{
		for(j = 1; j <= i; j++)
		{
			printf("*");
		}
		for(k = 1; k <= n - i; k++)
		{
			printf("  ");
		}
		for(j = 1; j <= i; j++)
		{
			printf("*");
		}
		printf("\n");
	}
}

Output

Enter the number of rows to print the rhombus
5
**********
****  ****
***    ***
**      **
*        *
**      **
***    ***
****  ****
**********