Exam Jan-2016 - 09. Perfect Diamond

/**
 * Project: Exam_101_January_2016 - created by borkins on 2017-05-03.
 */

import java.util.Scanner;

public class _09_PerfectDiamond
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);

        int n = Integer.parseInt(console.nextLine());

        for (int i = 1, l = 1; i <= n; i++, l += 2)
        {
            for (int j = i; j < n; j++) {
                System.out.print(" ");
            }

            for (int k = 1; k <= l; k++) {
                System.out.print((k % 2 == 0) ? "-" : "*");
            }
            System.out.println();
        }

        for (int i = 1, l = n * 2 - 3; i < n; i++, l -= 2)
        {
            for (int j = 1; j <= i; j++) {
                System.out.print(" ");
            }

            for (int k = 1; k <= l; k++) {
                System.out.print((k % 2 == 0) ? "-" : "*");
            }
            System.out.println();
        }
    }
}