Write a C program to print 8 star pattern series using loop. How to print 8 star pattern series using for loop in C programming. Logic to print 8 star pattern series of N columns in C program.
Required knowledge
Basic C programming, If else, Loop
Must have programming knowledge for this program.
Logic to print 8 star pattern
To simply things for beginners I have divided entire logic in three main sub tasks.
- Print a hollow square star pattern with N columns and (N*2) - 1 rows.
- Modify above hollow square pattern logic. Instead of star(*), print space at top and bottom corners and in the center intersection edge.
- Finally modify hollow square logic to print star instead of space for Nth row.
Below is the step by step descriptive logic to print 8 star pattern.
- Read number of columns to print from user. Store it in some variable say N.
- Iterate through (N*2)-1 rows. Run an outer loop with structure for(i=1; i<N*2; i++).
- Iterate through N columns. Run an inner loop with structure for(j=1; j<=N; j++).
- Inside inner loop first check conditions for corner and center intersection spaces. Print space for
1st row and 1st or Nth column = if(i==1 && (j==1 || j==N))
Nth row and 1st or Nth column = if(i==N && (j==1 || j==N))
N*2-1 row and 1st or Nth column = if(i==N*2-1 && (j==1 || j==N))
- Print stars for
1st row or 1st column = if(i==1 || j==1)
Nth row or Nth column = if(i==N || j==N)
N*2-1th row = if(i==N*2-1)
- Otherwise print spaces if above conditions does not matches.
Program to print 8 star pattern
/** * C program to print 8 star pattern series */ #include <stdio.h> int main() { int i, j, size; printf("Enter size: "); scanf("%d", &size); for(i=1; i<size*2; i++) { for(j=1; j<=size; j++) { // Condition for corner and center intersection space if((i==1 && (j==1 || j==size)) || (i==size && (j==1 || j==size)) || (i==size*2-1 && (j==1 || j==size))) printf(" "); else if(i==1 || i==size || i==(size*2)-1 || j==1 || j==size) printf("*"); else printf(" "); } printf("\n"); } return 0; }
Output
Enter size: 6 **** * * * * * * * * **** * * * * * * * * ****
Screenshot
Happy coding ;)