Program to Print the Double Pyramid Pattern

Problem Statement : Program to Print the Double Pyramid Pattern

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main()
{
int i,j,k;
int blank=0;
int lines = 6;
char symbol='A';
int temp ;
int diff[7]= {0,1,3,5,7,9,11};
clrscr();
k=0;
//Step 0
    for(i=lines;i>=0;i--)
    {
       printf("\n");
       symbol = 'A';
       for(j=i;j>=0;j--)    //step 1
            printf("%c ",symbol++);
       blank = diff[k++];   //step 2
       for(j=0;j<blank;j++)
            printf(" ");    //step 3
       symbol = 'F' - (blank/2);
       if (blank== 0)
           temp = i-1;
       else
           temp = i;
       for(j=0;j<=temp;j++)  //step 4
           printf("%c ",symbol--);
    }
getch();
}

Output :

A B C D E F G F E D C B A
A B C D E F   F E D C B A
A B C D E       E D C B A
A B C D           D C B A
A B C               C B A
A B                   B A
A                       A

Explain Me ?

As the above coding is very difficult to understand , so I have divided Program in 5 Steps.Easy steps are as follow ,
Step 0 :
Program has 7 lines i.e (0 to 6)

int i,j,k;

Variables : i is used to trace the Current Line
Variables : j is used for Subscript variable for Different Loops
Variables : k is used to trace the diff array , for each new value of i (new line) k is incremented

int diff[7]= {0,1,3,5,7,9,11};

Variable : diff[7] is used for Storing the number of blanks
eg.

A B C D E F   F E D C B A      // 2nd Line

Here G is Missing so blank = 1;
Step 1 :

A B C D E F G 
A B C D E F   
A B C D E     
A B C D       
A B C         
A B           
A

Will be Printed
Step 2 : Initialize Blank i.e for first line blank = 0 , for second line it will be 1 and so on

A B C D E F G 
A B C D E F  
A B C D E   
A B C D       
A B C         
A B           
A

Will be Printed, Blanks are denoted by
Step 3 :

symbol = 'F' - (blank/2);

Here symbol variable is initialized , Consider first Line , We are printing Letter ‘F’ after ‘G’ so initialize it .
for 3rd line
>> blank = 3 , so
>> symbol = ‘F’ - 1 = ‘E’
step 4 :

for(j=0;j<=temp;j++)
   printf("%c ",symbol--);

Here print remaining characters , until we print ‘A’

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