Java Program to Print Alphabet E Pattern

In this Java pattern program, we show the steps to print the stars in an Alphabet E shape or pattern using for loop, while loop, and functions.

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Example 
{
	private static Scanner sc;
	
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		sc = new Scanner(System.in);
		
		System.out.print("Enter Rows = ");
		int rows = sc.nextInt();

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

Enter Rows = 12
*************
*            
*            
*            
*            
*            
********     
*            
*            
*            
*            
*************

Within this Alphabet E shape or Pattern program, we replaced the for loop with a while loop to print the stars at each position. For more Alphabet Patterns and star pattern programs, please use the hyperlinks.

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Example 
{
	private static Scanner sc;
	
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		sc = new Scanner(System.in);
		int rows, i, j;
		
		System.out.print("Enter Rows = ");
		rows = sc.nextInt();

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

Enter Rows = 16
*****************
*                
*                
*                
*                
*                
*                
*                
**********       
*                
*                
*                
*                
*                
*                
*****************

In this program, we created an AlphabetEShape function to print the Alphabet E Pattern or shape filled with stars on rows and columns.

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Example 
{
	private static Scanner sc;
	
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		sc = new Scanner(System.in);
		
		System.out.print("Enter Rows = ");
		int rows = sc.nextInt();
		
		System.out.print("Enter Character = ");
		char a = sc.next().charAt(0);

		AlphabetEShape(rows, a);
	}
	public static void AlphabetEShape(int rows, char a) 
	{
		for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) 
		{
			System.out.printf("%c", a);
			
			for (int j = 0; j < rows; j++) 
			{
				if ((i == 0 || i == rows - 1) || (i == rows / 2 && j <= rows / 2)) 
				{
					System.out.printf("%c", a);
				} 
				else {
					System.out.printf(" ");
				}
			}
			System.out.println();
		}
	}
}