C++ Program to Print Hollow Square with Diagonals Star Pattern

Write a C++ program to print the hollow square with both the diagonals of star pattern using for loop.

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	int i, j, side;
     
    cout << "Enter Side of a Hollow Square with Diagonals = ";
    cin >> side;

    cout << "Hollow Square Star With Diagonals Pattern\n"; 
    for(i = 1; i <= side; i++)
    {
    	for(j = 1; j <= side; j++)
		{
            if (i == 1 || i == side || i == j || 
                j == 1 || j == side || j == side - i + 1) 
            {
                cout << "* ";
            }
           	else {
                   cout << "   ";
               } 
        }
        cout << "\n";
    }		
 	return 0;
}

This C++ example prints the hollow square with the diagonals pattern of a given character using a while loop.

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	int i, j, side;
    char ch;
     
    cout << "Enter Side of a Hollow Square with Diagonals = ";
    cin >> side;

    cout << "Enter Symbol for Hollow Square with Diagonals = ";
    cin >> ch;

    cout << "Hollow Square With Diagonals Pattern\n"; 
    for(i = 1; i <= side; i++)
    {
    	for(j = 1; j <= side; j++)
		{
            if (i == 1 || i == side || i == j || 
                j == 1 || j == side || j == side - i + 1) 
            {
                cout << ch << " ";
            }
           	else {
                   cout << "  ";
               } 
        }
        cout << "\n";
    }		
 	return 0;
}

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