public static void main(String[] args) {
int num1 = 4;
int num2 = 1;
boolean flag = true;
for(int i =0;i<9;i++){
for(int j = 0;j<num1;j++){
System.out.print(" ");
}
if(flag){
num1--;
}else{
num1++;
}
for(int k=0;k<num2;k++){
System.out.print("*");
}
if(flag){
num2+=2;
}else{
num2-=2;
}
System.out.print("\n");
if(num1==0)flag = false;
}
}