Question

Write a program that prints the following diamond shape. You may use output statements that print a single asterisk (*), a single space or a single newline character.

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

Answer 1

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;




namespace ConsoleApplication1

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

for (int i = 4; i >= -4; i--)

{

int absVal = Math.Abs(i);




PrintSpace(1);

PrintSpace(absVal);

PrintStar(1 + (4 - absVal) * 2);

Console.WriteLine();

}

Console.ReadKey();

}

static void PrintStar(int count)

{

for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)

{

Console.Write("*");

}

}

static void PrintSpace(int count)

{

for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)

{

Console.Write(" ");

}

}

}

}