Print star ('*') diamond in C with nested loops?

Question

I want to be able to print a diamond like this when the user enters 5 for the diamond. But also will work for any value that is odd and greater than 0.

Answer 1

Hi i got to best solution for this problem in less no of lines

int b=0;
for(int a=0;b<=50;a=(b<=25) ? a+2 : a-2 ){
    b+=2;
    for(int b=25-a;b>0;b-=2){
        printf(" ");
    }
    for(int c=0;c<=a;c++){
        printf("*");
    }
    printf("\n");
}