CCC '01 J1 - Dressing Up

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Points:3
Time limit:2.0s
Memory limit:64M

Problem type

Canadian Computing Competition: 2001 Stage 1, Junior #1

It is important to keep our computers safe and clean. Some people feel that computers should be well-dressed, also. For this question, you will write a program to print out a bow tie on the computer screen.

Your program should take as input the height of the bow tie, where is an odd positive integer greater than or equal to 5. A bow tie with rows (and columns) should then be printed using the pattern shown below in the sample output.

Input Specification

One line containing integer . You may assume that all input data will be valid.

Sample Input 1

5

Sample Output 1

*        *
***    ***
**********
***    ***
*        *

Sample Input 2

7

Sample Output 2

*            *
***        ***
*****    *****
**************
*****    *****
***        ***
*            *

Comments

• Medi
commented on Oct. 12, 2016
Unsure why WA

When I test my code off of the website, it displays the proper output, yet when it's published to the website, I get WA three times in a row. Does my output have to be printed all at once, or can each line be printed separately? I'm not sure if that is the problem.

• Xyene
commented on Oct. 12, 2016

You're printing an extra blank line both before the bowtie and after.