star shapes in C

Question

I have a question that if I want to make the shape below for odd numbers what should I do?(for example
3:
*
***
*
5:
*
***
*****
***
*

Answer 1

There are 4 functions in my attached code that print the required shape. They are different. The simplest one is diamond_4 which i think is easy to understand diamond_1,diamond_2 and diamond_3 are a bit difficult to understand.

change the cout statements to printf as you require them in c.
cout<<"*" to printf("*");
cout<<" " to printf(" ");

https://code.sololearn.com/c0XR45S70aka/?ref=app

Answer 2

I meant that the program gets a number from the user then print it

Answer 3

😔😔😔Here it is again.....
scanf("%d",&SIZE);
for(int x=0;x<SIZE;++x)
{
for(int sp=0;sp<abs(SIZE/2-x);++sp)
printf(" ");
for(int y=0;y<2*(SIZE/2-abs(SIZE/2-x))+1;++y)
printf("*");
printf("\n");
}

EDIT:
SORRY forgot that
add this to beginning of code

int abs(int val)
{
if(val<0)
return val*-1;
return val;
}

Answer 4

I did that code on visual C but it gives me an error that the abs is not defined, how can I refer the absolute function in the code?

Answer 5

Tested this code this version works

#include <stdio.h>
int abs(int val)
{
if(val<0)
return val*-1;
return val;
}
int main()
{
int SIZE;
scanf("%d",&SIZE);
for(int x=0;x<SIZE;++x)
{
for(int sp=0;sp<abs(SIZE/2-x);++sp)
printf(" ");
for(int y=0;y<2*(SIZE/2-abs(SIZE/2-x))+1;++y)
printf("*");
printf("\n");
}
return 0;
}

Answer 6

I did the code, would you please check it cause it doesn't give any output. The code is in the link below:
https://code.sololearn.com/c9MJQZEMMlwu/#

Answer 7

somewhere in your should be a mistake cause when I run it, it shows infinite stars I mean that somewhere there's an infinite loop!