PrintingPatternUsingLoops.c

// Question link - https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/printing-pattern-2/problem?isFullScreen=true

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main() 
{

    int n;
    scanf("%d", &n);
  	// Complete the code to print the pattern.
    int newN = 2 * n - 1;  // Correct calculation for the size of the pattern
    int originalN = n;

    for (int i = 0; i < newN; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < newN; j++) {
            int left = j;
            int up = i;
            int down = newN - 1 - i;
            int right = newN - 1 - j;

            // Calculate the value to be printed
            int value = originalN - (left < up ? (left < down ? (left < right ? left : right) : (down < right ? down : right)) 
                                               : (up < down ? (up < right ? up : right) : (down < right ? down : right)));

            // Print the value
            printf("%d ", value);
        }

        // Move to the next line after each row
        printf("\n");
    }
      
      
    return 0;
}