A program to display the following series:

#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>

void main()
{
clrscr();
int i,j,k;

for(i=1;i<=3;i++)
{
for(j=i;j<=2;j++)
cout<<" ";

for(k=1;k<=i;k++)
if(k==2||k==3)
cout<<"**";
else
cout<<"*";

cout<<"\n";
}

for(i=1;i<=2;i++)
{
for(j=1;j<=i;j++)
cout<<" ";

for(k=2;k>=i;k--)
if(k==1)
cout<<"**";
else
cout<<"*";

cout<<"\n";
}

getch();
}

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