Star Pattern Printer in C

Welcome to the Star Pattern Printer, a C-based console program that generates a variety of star (*) shapes based on user input.

Features

This program supports 12 unique patterns:

1. Square
2. Hollow Square
3. Right-angled Triangle (Left-Aligned)
4. Right-angled Triangle (Right-Aligned)
5. Inverted Triangle (Left-Aligned)
6. Inverted Triangle (Right-Aligned)
7. Full Pyramid
8. Inverted Full Pyramid
9. Full Hollow Pyramid
10. Inverted Full Hollow Pyramid
11. Diamond
12. Hollow Diamond

Input Validation

• Pyramid and Diamond shapes require odd numbers.
• Minimum size for complex shapes (like pyramids or diamonds) is 3.

Examples

Diamond (Size = 5):

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

Hollow Square (Size = 4):

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