diff --git a/pattern3.c b/pattern3.c
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+           *   
+         *  *
+       *      *
+     *          *
+   * * * * * * * *
+   
+   
+   
+   #include <stdio.h>
+int main()
+{
+int n;
+scanf(“%d”,&n);
+int i, j, k = 0;
+for (i = 1; i <= n; i++)
+{
+for (j = i; j < n; j++) {
+printf(” “);
+}
+while (k != (2 * i – 1)) {
+if (k == 0 || k == 2 * i – 2)
+printf(“*”);
+else
+printf(” “);
+k++;
+;
+}
+k = 0;
+printf(“\n”); // print next row
+}
+for (i = 0; i < 2 * n – 1; i++) {
+printf(“*”);
+}
+}
+   
+