Program to Print the Hollow Rectangle Star Pattern

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Problem statement:- Program to Print the Hollow Rectangle Star Pattern.

 Data requirement:-

   Input Data:- row_size

  Output Data:- *

  Additional Data:-in or inn(for python), out

Program in C

Here is the source code of the C Program to Print the Hollow Rectangle Star Pattern.

Code:

#include<stdio.h>

int main()

{

    int out,in;

    printf("Enter the row size:");

    int row_size;

    scanf("%d",&row_size);

        for(out=1;out<=row_size;out++)

       {

           for(in=1;in<=row_size;in++)

           {

               if((in==1 || in==row_size)||(out==1 || out==row_size))

               {

    printf("*");

     }

     else

         {

             printf(" ");

         }}

        printf("\n");

}}

Input/Output:

Enter the row size:5

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Program in C++

Here is the source code of the C++ Program to Print the Hollow Rectangle Star Pattern.

Code:

#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()

{

    cout<<"Enter the row size:";

    int row_size;

    cin>>row_size;

    int in,out,p;

     for(out=1;out<=row_size;out++)

       {

           for(in=1;in<=row_size;in++)

           {

               if((in==1 || in==row_size)||(out==1 || out==row_size))

               {

               cout<<"*";

                 }

               else

               {

                 cout<<" ";

               }

             }

            cout<<"\n";

     }

}

Input/Output:

Enter the row size:7

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Program in Java

Here is the source code of the Java Program to Print the Hollow Rectangle Star Pattern.

Code:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class StarPattern19 {

public static void main(String[] args) {

Scanner cs=new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.println("Enter the row size:");

       int out,in;

       int row_size=cs.nextInt();

       for(out=1;out<=row_size;out++)

       {

           for(in=1;in<=row_size;in++)

           {

               if((in==1 || in==row_size)||(out==1 || out==row_size))

               {

                  System.out.printf("*");

               }

               else

               {

                System.out.printf(" ");    

               }

           }

           System.out.println(); 

       }

       cs.close();

}

}

Input/Output:

Enter the row size:

6

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Program in Python

Here is the source code of the Python Program to Print the Hollow Rectangle Star Pattern.

Code:

row_size=int(input("Enter the row size:"))

print_control_x=row_size//2+1

for out in range(1,row_size+1):

    for inn in range(1,row_size+1):

        if (inn==1 or inn==row_size) or (out==1 or out==row_size):

            print("*",end="")

        else:

            print(" ", end="")

    print("\r")

Input/Output:

Enter the row size:3

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