Write a Program to Print the Hourglass Pattern

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C++// C Program to print hourglass pattern #include <iostream> using namespace std; // function to print hourglass pattern void hourglass(int rows) { // first outer loop to iterate each row for (int i = 0; i < 2 * rows - 1; i++) { // assigning comparator int comp; if (i < rows) { comp = 2 * i + 1; } else { comp = 2 * (2 * rows - i) - 3; } // first inner loop to print leading spaces for (int j = 0; j < comp; j++) { cout << ' '; } // second inner loop to print star * for (int k = 0; k < 2 * rows - comp; k++) { cout << "* "; } cout << '\n'; } } int main() { hourglass(5); return 0; }

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