Pyramid and Star pattern generation in C

Generating pyramid and other star patterns in C extend your knowledge of using a loop in a program. In the program below I have generated various patterns. You can combine the multiple patterns to generate a new pattern.  All patterns use for loop. The patterns that the code generates are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sample code is also available on Github

#include <stdio .h="">
#include <stdlib .h="">
 
void pattern_1(int n) {
 int i, j;
 
 for(i = 0; i < n; i++) {
  for (j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
   printf("*");
  }
  printf("\n");
 }
}
 
void pattern_2(int n) {
 int i, j;
 
 for(i = 0; i < n; i++) {
  for(j = 0; j < n - i - 1; j++) {
   printf(" ");
  }
  for (j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
   printf("*");
  }
  printf("\n");
 }
}
 
void pattern_3(int n) {
 int i, j;
 
 for(i = 0; i < n; i++) {
  for(j = 0; j < n - i - 1; j++) {
   printf(" ");
  }
  for (j = 0; j <= 2 * i; j++) {
   printf("*");
  }
  printf("\n");
 }
}
 
void pattern_4(int n) {
 int i, j;
 for(i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
  for (j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
   printf("*");
  }
  printf("\n");
 }
}
 
void pattern_5(int n) {
 int i, j;
 for(i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
  for(j = 0; j < n - i - 1; j++) {
   printf(" ");
  }
  for (j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
   printf("*");
  }
  printf("\n");
 }
}
 
void pattern_6(int n) {
 int i, j;
 
 for(i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
  for(j = 0; j < n - i - 1; j++) {
   printf(" ");
  }
  for (j = 0; j <= 2 * i; j++) {
   printf("*");
  }
  printf("\n");
 }
}
 
void pattern_7(int n) {
 int i, j;
 
 for(i = 0; i < n; i++) {
  for(j = 0; j < n - i; j++) {
   printf(" ");
  }
  for (j = 0; j <= 2 * i; j++) {
   printf("*");
  }
  printf("\n");
 }
 for(i = (n - 1) ; i >= 0; i--) {
  for(j = 0; j < n - i; j++) {
   printf(" ");
  }
  for (j = 0; j <= 2 * i; j++) {
   printf("*");
  }
  printf("\n");
 }
}
 
void pattern_8(int n) {
 int i, j, k;
 for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
  printf("\n");
  for(k = 0; k < n - i; k++) {
   printf("*");
  }
 
  for(k = 2*i; k > 0; k--) {
   printf(" ");
  }
 
  for(k = 0; k < n - i; k++) {
   printf("*");
  }
   
 
 }
 for (i = 0; i <= n; i++) {
  for(k = 0; k < i; k++) {
   printf("*");
  }
 
  for(k = 0; k < 2* (n - i); k++) {
   printf(" ");
  }
 
  for(k = 0; k < i; k++) {
   printf("*");
  }
  printf("\n");
 }
}
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 int n;
 if (argc != 2) {
  printf("Usage: outputfile n\n");
  exit(1);
 }
 
 n = atoi(argv[1]);
 
 pattern_1(n);
 printf("\n");
 pattern_2(n);
 printf("\n");
 pattern_3(n);
 printf("\n");
 pattern_4(n);
 printf("\n");
 pattern_5(n);
 printf("\n");
 pattern_6(n);
 printf("\n");
 pattern_7(n);
 printf("\n");
 pattern_8(n);
}
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