C Program to Print Plus Star Pattern

Write a C Program to Print Plus Star Pattern using for loop. This c example uses if-else to check for the row and column values and prints the plus pattern.

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
 	int i, j, rows; 
 	printf("Enter Plus Pattern Rows =  ");
 	scanf("%d", &rows);

    printf("Plus Star Pattern\n");
	for(i = 1; i <= rows * 2 - 1; i++)
	{
        if(i != rows)
        {
            for(j = 1; j <= rows; j++)
            {
                if(j == rows)
                {
                    printf("*");
                }
                printf(" ");
            }
        }
        else
        {
            for(j = 1; j <= rows * 2 - 1; j++)
            {
                printf("*");
            }
        }   
		printf("\n");
	}
 	return 0;
}
C Program to Print Plus Star Pattern 1

This C Program allows entering symbols to Print as the Plus Pattern. Here, we altered the logic to remove multiple if conditions.

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
 	int i, j, rows;
    char ch;
    
    printf("Enter Symbol for Plus Pattern = ");
    scanf("%c", &ch);
    
 	printf("Enter Plus Pattern Rows =  ");
 	scanf("%d", &rows);

    printf("Plus Star Pattern\n");
	for(i = 1; i <= rows; i++)
	{
        if(i == ((rows / 2) + 1))
        {
            for(j = 1; j <= rows; j++)
            {
                printf("%c", ch);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            for(j = 1; j <= rows/2; j++)
            {
                printf(" ");
            }
            printf("%c", ch);
        }   
		printf("\n");
	}
 	return 0;
}
Enter Symbol for Plus Pattern = $
Enter Plus Pattern Rows =  10
Plus Star Pattern
     $
     $
     $
     $
     $
$$$$$$$$$$
     $
     $
     $
     $

This C program is the same as the first example. However, this C example uses a while loop to print Plus Star Pattern.

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
 	int i, j, rows; 
 	printf("Enter Plus Pattern Rows =  ");
 	scanf("%d", &rows);

    printf("Plus Star Pattern\n");
    i = 1;
	while(i <= rows * 2 - 1)
	{
        if(i != rows)
        {
            j = 1;
            while(j <= rows)
            {
                if(j == rows)
                {
                    printf("*");
                }
                printf(" ");
                j++;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            j = 1;
            while(j <= rows * 2 - 1)
            {
                printf("*");
                j++;
            }
        }   
		printf("\n");
        i++;
	}
 	return 0;
}
Enter Plus Pattern Rows =  6
Plus Star Pattern
     * 
     * 
     * 
     * 
     * 
***********
     * 
     * 
     * 
     * 
     * 

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