C Exercises: Display the pattern like a pyramid containing odd number of asterisks

C For Loop: Exercise-20 with Solution

Write a program in C to display the pattern like a pyramid using asterisk and each row contain an odd number of asterisks.

The pattern is as below:

   *
  ***
 *****

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Sample Solution:

C Code:

#include <stdio.h>

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

} 

Sample Output:

Input number of rows for this pattern :5                                                                      
                                                                                                              
    *                                                                                                         
   ***                                                                                                        
  *****                                                                                                       
 ******* 

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