program to print patterns

Patterns for a triangle and a 'x' pattern
TRIANGLE PATTERN
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* *
* * *
* * * *
* * * * *
This pattern has some generality

i
number of stars
number of spaces
1
1
4
2
2
3
3
3
2
4
4
1
5
5
0
Two loops are used because there are rows and columns .
The snippet is


X PATTERN


The first pattern is "X" pattern when number of rows is "ODD"
If the pattern is "X" pattern when number of rows is "EVEN"
code

The pattern is

i
j
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
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