View Code of Problem 53

#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
{
	int n;
	int i, j, k;
	scanf ("%d", &n);
	for (i = 1; i < n; i++)
	{
		for (j = 0; j < n - i; j++)
		{
			printf (" ");
		}
		for (k = 0; k < i * 2 - 1; k++)
		{
			printf ("*");
		}
		printf ("\n");
	}

	for (i = n - 1; i > 0; i--)
	{
		for (j = 0; j < n - i; j++)
		{
			printf (" ");
		}
		for (k = 0; k < i * 2 - 1; k++)
		{
			printf ("*");
		}
		printf ("\n");
	}
}