Python Program to Print C Star Pattern

This article shows how to write a Python program to print the Alphabet C star pattern using the for loop, while loop, and functions with an example. 

The below alphabet C star pattern example accepts the user-entered rows, and the nested for loop iterates over the rows. The Python If else condition is used to print stars at the first and last positions to get the Alphabet C pattern of stars and skip the others.

rows = int(input("Enter Alphabet C of Stars Rows = "))
print("====The Alphabet C Star Pattern====")

for i in range(rows):
    print('*', end='')
    for j in range(rows - 1):
        if i == 0 or i == rows - 1:
            print('*', end='')
        else:
            continue
    print()

Enter Alphabet C of Stars Rows = 8
====The Alphabet C Star Pattern====
********
*
*
*
*
*
*
********

The above generates the Alphabet C, but you can also try the code below; it looks better than the above.

• Python programs
• Python for loop example

rows = int(input("Enter Alphabet C of Stars Rows = "))
print("====The Alphabet C Star Pattern====")

if rows < 3:
    print("The letter C is Not visible for this Number.")
    
n = rows // 2 + 1
print(" " + "*" * n)
for i in range(rows // 2):
    print("*" + " " * (n - 1))
print(" " + "*" * n)

Python program to print the Alphabet C Star pattern using while loop

Instead of a for loop, this program uses a while loop to iterate the Alphabet C pattern rows. Next, it prints the stars at each position.

• Python while loop syntax
• Python Star Pattern programs

rows = int(input("Enter Alphabet C of Stars Rows = "))

if rows < 3:
    print("The letter C is Not visible for this Number.")

n = rows // 2 + 1
print(" " + "*" * n)

i = 0
while i < (rows // 2):
    print("*" + " " * (n - 1))
    i = i + 1
print(" " + "*" * n)

Enter Alphabet C of Stars Rows = 12
 *******
*      
*      
*      
*      
*      
*      
 *******

In this example, we created a CPattern function that accepts the rows and the symbol or character. Next, it print the Alphabet C pattern of the given symbol. It is a slightly modified version of the above for loop example.

def CPattern(rows, ch):
    if rows < 3:
        print("The letter C is Not visible for this Number.")

    n = rows - 1
    print(" " + '%c' %ch * n)

    for _ in range(rows // 2):
        print('%c' %ch)

    print(" " + '%c' %ch * n)


row = int(input("Enter Alphabet C of Stars Rows = "))
sym = input("Symbol for C Star Pattern = ")
CPattern(row, sym)

Enter Alphabet C of Stars Rows = 10
Symbol for C Star Pattern = #
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#
#
#
#
#
 #########

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