To print a hollow pyramid star pattern in Java, you can use a nested loop structure.
Here's an example of how to do it:
public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { int n = 5; // number of rows // outer loop to print rows for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) { // inner loop to print spaces for (int j = 1; j <= n - i; j++) { System.out.print(" "); } // inner loop to print stars for (int j = 1; j <= 2 * i - 1; j++) { // print stars for first and last rows, and for first and last columns if (i == 1 || i == n || j == 1 || j == 2 * i - 1) { System.out.print("*"); } else { System.out.print(" "); } } // move to next line System.out.println(); } } }
This code will output the following pyramid pattern:
. * * * * * * * *********