Print the isosceles triangle using symbol "*"

Hints:

1) Use double "for" cycle

2) Calculate the number of spaces before symbol "*"

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
 int i,j,n;
 printf("Please input the number of lines:\n");
 scanf("%d",&n);
 for (i = 1; i <= n; i++ )
  {
   for (j = 1; j <= n - i; j++)
    printf(" ");
   for (j = 1; j <= 2 * i + 1; j++)
    printf("*");
   printf("\n");
  }
 return 0;
}

Input:

Please input the number of lines:

5

Output:  

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

Further, if we want to get the figure like the following:

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

The codes would be: 

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
 int i,j,n;
 printf("Please input the number of lines:\n");
 scanf("%d",&n);
 for (i = 1; i <= n; i++ )
  {
   for (j = 1; j <= n - i; j++)
    printf(" ");
   for (j = 1; j <= 2 * i - 1; j++)
    printf("*");
   printf("\n");
  }
 for (i = 1; i <= n - 1; i++)
  {
   for(j = 1; j <= i; j++)
    printf(" ");
   for(j = 1; j <= 2*(n - i)-1; j++)
    printf("*");
   printf("\n");
  }
 return 0;
}