Program to Print Mirrored Hollow Parallelogram

Last Updated : 05 Apr, 2021

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:
********
 *      *
  *      *
   *      *
    ********

C++

// 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;
}

C

// 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;
}

Java

// 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);
     
}
 
}

Python3

# 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

C#

// 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

PHP

<?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
?>

Javascript

<script>
 
      // JavaScript program to print hollow mirrored
      // parallelogram star pattern series
 
      // function for creating pattern
      function Pattern(rows, cols) {
        var i, j;
 
        for (i = 1; i <= rows; i++) {
          // Printing spaces
          for (j = 1; j < i; j++) {
            document.write("  ");
          }
 
          // Printing hollow parallelogram
          for (j = 1; j <= cols; j++) {
            if (i == 1 || i == rows || j == 1 || j == cols) {
              document.write("*");
            } else {
              document.write("  ");
            }
          }
 
          document.write("<br>");
        }
      }
 
      // driver code
      // Get number of rows and columns
      var rows = 5,
        cols = 8;
 
      // Print the Pattern
      Pattern(rows, cols);
       
</script>

Output:

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

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