Star-Alphabet Hybrid Pyramid

This program prints a pyramid combining stars and alphabets.

Problem Statement

Write a Java program that prints a pyramid where odd rows have stars and even rows have alphabets.

Source Code

1 public class StarAlphabetHybrid {
2 public static void main(String[] args) {
3 int n = 6;
4 for(int i=1; i<=n; i++) {
5 for(int j=i; j<n; j++) System.out.print(" ");
6 for(int k=1; k<=2*i-1; k++) {
7 if(i%2==1) System.out.print("*");
8 else System.out.print((char)('A'+k-1));
9 }
10 System.out.println();
11 }
12 }
13 }

Program Output

     *     
    ABC    
   *****   
  ABCDE   
 ********* 
 ABCDEFGH 

Explanation

The condition i%2==1 decides whether the current row prints stars or a sequence of alphabets, so odd and even rows alternate between two symbol types, forming a hybrid pyramid.

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