making diamonds

[Prince]

i need help making the top part of a diamond... the purpose is to put in an odd integer (ex: 5) and it would print out a diamond...

so if u put in 5 it would look like this:
s*****
*******
s*****
ss***
sss* (the s is a space)

the stuff under the line ive got, its the top im struggling on... any suggestions?

code:

import java.awt.*; import hsa.Console; public class Star {     static Console c;     public static void main (String [] args)     {         c = new Console ();         int size = 0;         int space = 1;         do         {             c.println ("Enter an odd number between 1 and 25: ");             size = c.readInt ();         }         while (size < 1 || size > 25);         c.println ("");         /* while (size>=1)          {          for (int a=1;a<space;a++)          */         while (size >= 1)         {             for (int a = 1 ; a < space ; a++)                 c.print (" ");             for (int b = 0 ; b < size ; b++)                 c.print ("*");             c.println ("");             size -= 2;             space++;         }     } }

[rizzix]

here's a pseudocode, that sortof works:

code:

int w = 9;     // width of diamond print    repeat " "  by  w - ((w - 2) mod w);  // might have to replace these print    repeat "*"  by  (w - 2) * 2;          // two lines with better code println; for (int i = w - 1; i >= 0; i--) {     print    repeat  " "  by   w - (i mod w);     print    repeat  "*"  by   i * 2;     println; }