#include using namespace std; int n; void rec(int x) { if(x == 1) { for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) { cout << "*"; } cout << endl; return; } if(x == n) { for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) { cout << "*"; } cout << endl; } else { for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) { if(i == x - 1 or i == n - x) { cout << "*"; } else { cout << " "; } } cout << endl; } rec(x - 1); } int main(){ cin >> n; rec(n); return 0; } /* n = 7 0 ******* 1 * * 2 * * 3 * 4 * * 5 * * 6 ******* */