#include <iostream>;
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n = 9;
int start = n / 2 + 1;
int end = n / 2 + 1;
bool flag = true;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
for (int j = 1; j <= n; j++) {
if (j == start || j == end) {
cout << "*";
}
else {
cout << " ";
}
}cout << endl;
if ((end - start + 1) == n) {
flag = false;
}
if (flag) {
start--;
end++;
}
else {
start++;
end--;
}
}
system("pause");
return 0;
}