Program to print alphabet “A” using stars

Given the number of lines n, print the alphabet A pattern using stars.

Examples :

Input : Number of lines : 5
Output :
 * 
* *
***
* *
* *

Input : Number of lines : 10
Output :
 **** 
*    *
*    *
*    *
*    *
******
*    *
*    *
*    *
*    *

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// CPP program to print alphabet A pattern
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
  
// Function to display alphabet pattern
void display(int n)
{
    // Outer for loop for number of lines
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
  
        // Inner for loop for logic execution
        for (int j = 0; j <= n / 2; j++) {
  
            // prints two column lines
            if ((j == 0 || j == n / 2) && i != 0 ||
  
                // print first line of alphabet
                i == 0 && j != 0 && j != n / 2 ||
  
                // prints middle line
                i == n / 2)
                cout << "*";
            else
                cout << " ";
        }
  
        cout << '\n';
    }
}
// Driver Function
int main()
{
    display(7);
    return 0;
}

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// Java program to print alphabet A pattern 


import java.util.Scanner; 


class PatternA { 


    void display(int n) 


    { 


        // Outer for loop for number of lines 


        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { 


  


            // Inner for loop for logic execution 


            for (int j = 0; j <= n / 2; j++) { 


  


                // prints two column lines 


                if ((j == 0 || j == n / 2) && i != 0 || 


  


                    // print first line of alphabet 


                    i == 0 && j != 0 && j != n / 2 || 


  


                    // prints middle line 


                    i == n / 2) 


  


                    System.out.print("*"); 


                else


                    System.out.print(" "); 


            } 


  


            System.out.println(); 


        } 


    } 


  


    // Driver Function 


    public static void main(String[] args) 


    { 


        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); 


        PatternA a = new PatternA(); 


        a.display(7); 


    } 


} 



















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# Python3 program to print alphabet A pattern 


  


# Function to display alphabet pattern 


def display(n): 


  


    # Outer for loop for number of lines 


    for i in range(n): 


  


        # Inner for loop for logic execution 


        for j in range((n // 2) + 1): 


  


            # prints two column lines 


            if ((j == 0 or j == n // 2) and i != 0 or


  


                # print first line of alphabet 


                i == 0 and j != 0 and j != n // 2 or


  


                # prints middle line 


                i == n // 2): 


                print("*", end = "") 


            else: 


                print(" ", end = "") 


          


        print() 


      


  


# Driver Function 


display(7) 


  


  


# This code is contributed by Anant Agarwal.  



















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// C# program to print alphabet A pattern 


using System; 


class PatternA { 


    void display(int n) 


    { 


        // Outer for loop for number of lines 


        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { 


  


            // Inner for loop for logic execution 


            for (int j = 0; j <= n / 2; j++) { 


  


                // prints two column lines 


                if ((j == 0 || j == n / 2) && i != 0 || 


  


                    // print first line of alphabet 


                    i == 0 && j != 0 && j != n / 2 || 


  


                    // prints middle line 


                    i == n / 2) 


  


                Console.Write("*"); 


                else 


                Console.Write(" "); 


            } 


  


            Console.WriteLine(); 


        } 


    } 


  


    // Driver Function 


    public static void Main() 


    { 


        PatternA a = new PatternA(); 


        a.display(7); 


    } 


} 


/*This code is contributed by vt_m.*/ 



















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<?php 


// php program to print 


// alphabet A pattern 


  


// Function to display 


// alphabet pattern 


function display($n) 


{ 


      


    // Outer for loop for  


    // number of lines 


    for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++) 


    { 


  


        // Inner for loop for  


        // logic execution 


        for ($j = 0; $j <= floor($n / 2); $j++) 


        { 


  


            // prints two column lines 


            // print first line of alphabet 


            // prints middle line             


            if (($j == 0 || $j == floor($n / 2)) &&  


                 $i != 0 || $i == 0 && $j != 0 &&  


                 $j != floor($n / 2) || 


                  


                $i == floor($n / 2)) 


                echo "*"; 


            else


                echo " "; 


        } 


  


        echo "\n"; 


    } 


} 


// Driver Function 


$n=7; 


display($n); 


  


// This code is contributed by mits 


?> 



















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Output :


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






    

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