C Program to Print Alphabet E Pattern

In this article, we will show how to write a C program to print the Alphabet E pattern or shape of stars using for loop, while loop, and functions.

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int rows;

    printf("Enter Rows = ");
    scanf("%d",&rows);

	for (int i = 0 ; i < rows; i++ )
	{
		printf("*");
		for (int j = 0 ; j < rows; j++ )
		{
			if ((i == 0 || i == rows - 1 ) || (i == rows / 2  && j <= rows / 2))
			{
				printf("*");
			}
			else
			{
				continue;
			}

		}
		printf("\n");
	}

    return 0;
}

Enter Rows = 18
*******************
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
***********
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*******************

Instead of a for loop, this Alphabet E Pattern of stars program uses a while loop to iterate the rows and columns. For more star programs, click here.

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int rows, i, j;

    printf("Enter Rows = ");
    scanf("%d",&rows);

    i = 0 ;
	while (i < rows)
	{
		printf("*");
		j = 0 ;
		while (j < rows )
		{
			if ((i == 0 || i == rows - 1 ) || (i == rows / 2  && j <= rows / 2))
			{
				printf("*");
			}
			else
			{
				printf(" ");
			}
			j++;

		}
		printf("\n");
		i++ ;
	}

    return 0;
}

Enter Rows = 15
****************
*               
*               
*               
*               
*               
*               
*********       
*               
*               
*               
*               
*               
*               
****************

In this C program, we create an alphabetEPat function that accepts those values and prints the Alphabet E shape or pattern of the given char.

#include <stdio.h>

void alphabetEPat(int rows, char a)
{
	for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++)
	{
		printf("%c", a);
		for (int j = 0; j < rows; j++)
		{
			if ((i == 0 || i == rows - 1) || (i == rows / 2 && j <= rows / 2))
			{
				printf("%c", a);
			} else {
				printf(" ");
			}

		}
		printf("\n");
	}
}

int main() {
	int rows;
	char a;

	printf("Enter Alphabet =  ");
	scanf("%c", &a);

	printf("Enter Rows = ");
	scanf("%d", &rows);

	alphabetEPat(rows, a);

	return 0;
}