Program to Print Mirrored Hollow Parallelogram

Given the length as rows and breadth as cols, the task is to print the mirrored hollow parallelogram.

Examples:

Input: rows = 5, cols = 8
Output:
********
 *      *
  *      *
   *      *
    ********



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// CPP program to print hollow mirrored
// parallelogram star pattern series
  
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
  
// function for creating pattern
void Pattern(int rows, int cols)
{
    int i, j;
  
    for (i = 1; i <= rows; i++) {
  
        // Printing spaces
        for (j = 1; j < i; j++) {
            cout << " ";
        }
  
        // Printing hollow parallelogram
        for (j = 1; j <= cols; j++) {
  
            if (i == 1 || i == rows
                || j == 1 || j == cols) {
                cout << "*";
            }
            else {
                cout << " ";
            }
        }
  
        cout << "\n";
    }
}
  
// driver code
int main()
{
    // Get number of rows and columns
    int rows = 5, cols = 8;
  
    // Print the Pattern
    Pattern(rows, cols);
  
    return 0;
}

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// C program to print hollow mirrored 


// parallelogram star pattern series 


  


#include <stdio.h> 


  


// function for creating pattern 


void Pattern(int rows, int cols) 


{ 


    int i, j; 


  


    for (i = 1; i <= rows; i++) { 


  


        // Printing spaces 


        for (j = 1; j < i; j++) { 


            printf(" "); 


        } 


  


        // Printing hollow parallelogram 


        for (j = 1; j <= cols; j++) { 


  


            if (i == 1 || i == rows 


                || j == 1 || j == cols) { 


                printf("*"); 


            } 


            else { 


                printf(" "); 


            } 


        } 


  


        printf("\n"); 


    } 


} 


  


// driver code 


int main() 


{ 


    // Get number of rows and columns 


    int rows = 5, cols = 8; 


  


    // Print the Pattern 


    Pattern(rows, cols); 


  


    return 0; 


} 



















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// Java program to print hollow mirrored 


// parallelogram star pattern series 


import java.util.*; 


  


class solution 


{ 


  


// function for creating pattern 


static void Pattern(int rows, int cols) 


{ 


    int i, j; 


  


    for (i = 1; i <= rows; i++) { 


  


        // Printing spaces 


        for (j = 1; j < i; j++) { 


            System.out.print(" "); 


        } 


  


        // Printing hollow parallelogram 


        for (j = 1; j <= cols; j++) { 


  


            if (i == 1 || i == rows 


                || j == 1 || j == cols) { 


                 System.out.print("*"); 


            } 


            else { 


             System.out.print(" "); 


            } 


        } 


  


         System.out.print("\n"); 


    } 


} 


  


// driver code 


public static void main(String args[]) 


{ 


    // Get number of rows and columns 


    int rows = 5, cols = 8; 


  


    // Print the Pattern 


    Pattern(rows, cols); 


      


} 


  


} 



















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# Python3 program to prhollow mirrored 


# parallelogram star pattern series 


import math as mt 


  


# function for creating pattern 


def Pattern(rows, cols): 


  


    for i in range(1, rows + 1): 


          


        # Printing spaces 


        for j in range(1, i): 


            print(end = " ") 


          


        # Printing hollow parallelogram 


        for j in range(1, cols + 1): 


  


            if (i == 1 or i == rows or


                j == 1 or j == cols): 


                print("*", end = "") 


            else: 


                print(end = " ") 


          


        print() 


  


# Driver code 


  


# Get number of rows and columns 


rows, cols = 5, 8


  


# Print the Pattern 


Pattern(rows, cols) 


  


# This code is contributed by  


# mohit kumar 29 



















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// C# program to print hollow mirrored 


// parallelogram star pattern series 


using System; 


  


class GFG 


{ 


  


// function for creating pattern 


static void Pattern(int rows, int cols) 


{ 


    int i, j; 


  


    for (i = 1; i <= rows; i++)  


    { 


  


        // Printing spaces 


        for (j = 1; j < i; j++)  


        { 


            Console.Write(" "); 


        } 


  


        // Printing hollow parallelogram 


        for (j = 1; j <= cols; j++)  


        { 


  


            if (i == 1 || i == rows 


                || j == 1 || j == cols) 


            { 


                Console.Write("*"); 


            } 


            else 


            { 


                Console.Write(" "); 


            } 


        } 


  


        Console.Write("\n"); 


    } 


} 


  


// Driver code 


public static void Main() 


{ 


    // Get number of rows and columns 


    int rows = 5, cols = 8; 


  


    // Print the Pattern 


    Pattern(rows, cols); 


} 


} 


  


// This code is contributed by RAJPUT-JI 



















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<?php 


// PHP program to print hollow mirrored 


// parallelogram star pattern series 


  


// function for creating pattern 


function Pattern($rows, $cols) 


{ 


    for ($i = 1; $i <= $rows; $i++)  


    { 


  


        // Printing spaces 


        for ($j = 1; $j < $i; $j++)  


        { 


            echo " "; 


        } 


  


        // Printing hollow parallelogram 


        for ($j = 1; $j <= $cols; $j++)  


        { 


  


            if ($i == 1 || $i == $rows|| 


                $j == 1 || $j == $cols) 


            { 


                echo "*"; 


            } 


            else


            { 


                echo " "; 


            } 


        } 


  


        echo "\n"; 


    } 


} 


  


// Driver Code 


  


// Get number of rows and columns 


$rows = 5; $cols = 8; 


  


// Print the Pattern 


Pattern($rows, $cols); 


  


// This code is contributed by  


// Akanksha Rai 


?> 



















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Output:


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







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