C Program to Print Pyramids and Patterns (Inverted full pyramid of *)

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
   int rows, i, j, space;
   printf("Enter the number of rows: ");
   scanf("%d", &rows);
   for (i = rows; i >= 1; --i) {
      for (space = 0; space < rows - i; ++space)
         printf("  ");
      for (j = i; j <= 2 * i - 1; ++j)
         printf("* ");
      for (j = 0; j < i - 1; ++j)
         printf("* ");
      printf("\n");
   }
   return 0;
}
 

Output

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