wsh

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void x(int h);
int main()
{
        int h;
        scanf("%d", &h);

        x(h + 1);

        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

void x(int h)
{
    int tabl[h][h];
        for (int x = 0; x < h; ++x) {

        for (int y = 0; y < h; y++)
        {
            if(y == x || y == ( h - x ))
            {

              tabl[x][y] = '*';


            }
            else{
                tabl[x][y] = ' ';
            }

        }
    }
     for (int x = 1; x < h; ++x) {
                for (int y = 0; y < h; ++y) {
                    printf("%c", tabl[x][y]);
                }
                printf("\n");
        }

}