asterisks v1.c

/*
asterisks v1.c

C program to print following:

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

Image analysis concludes the following:

If the row is odd,  we show 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 asterisks in a row.
If the row is even, we show 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 asterisks in a row.

We print two lines at a time.
In the first line 5 stars and in the second line 1 stars.
We then reduce the number of stars for the first line
and increase the number of stars for the second line.
Repeat this 5 times for 10 rows.
*/

#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int i,row,times,FirstCounter=5,SecondCounter=1;

    printf("\n");

    for(times=0; times<5; times++)
    {
        for(i=0; i<FirstCounter; i++)
            printf("* ");

        FirstCounter--;
        printf("\n\n");

        for(i=0; i<SecondCounter; i++)
            printf("* ");

        SecondCounter++;
        printf("\n\n");
    }

    return 0;
}