2.4: star pattern write a program that displays the following pattern: * * output. seven lines of output as follows: the first consists of 3 spaces followed by a star. the second line consists of 2 spaces followed by a 3 stars. the third consists of one space followed by 5 stars, and the fourth consists just of 7 stars. the fifth line is identical to third, th sixth to the second and the seventh to the first. class names. your program class should be called starpattern

// here is code in java.

public class NAMES

{

// main method

public static void main(String[] args)

{

int n=4;

// print the upper half

for(int a=1;a<=n;a++)

{

for(int b=1;b<=n-a;b++)

{

// print the spaces

System.out.print(" ");

}

// print the * of upper half

for(int x=1;x<=a*2-1;x++)

{

// print the *

System.out.print("*");

}

// print newline

System.out.println();

}

// print the lower half

for(int y=n-1;y>0;y--)

{

for(int z=1;z<=n-y;z++)

{

// print the spaces

System.out.print(" ");

}

for(int m=1;m<=y*2-1;m++)

{

// print the *

System.out.print("*");

}

// print newline

System.out.println();

}

}

}

Explanation:

Declare a variable "n" and initialize it with 4. First print the spaces (" ") of the upper half with the help of nested for loop.Then print the "*" of the upper half with for loop. Similarly print the lower half in revers order. This will print the required shape.

Output:

  *

 ***

 ***

  *