import java.util.Scanner;


/***************************************************************
* Robert Allen : Java 111a                                     *
*                                                              *
* Parallelogram Program: Output a parallelogram with border    *
*                        and size defined by the user.         *
*                                                              *
***************************************************************/

public class Parallelogram 
{
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
	    int size, slope;  //We can make it bigger.

	    String gimmie;  //For user input. We will pull the first character for the parallelogram.

	    char what; //The character to be used to make the parallelogram.

	    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

	    System.out.println("This program will output a parallelogram.");  //User input section of code.

	    System.out.print("How long do you want each side to be? ");
	    size = scan.nextInt();
	    scan.nextLine();
	    
	    System.out.print("What character should this thing be made of? ");
	    gimmie = scan.next();
	    what = gimmie.charAt(0);
	    System.out.println();
		
	    for(int i = 1; i <= size; i++)  //Output for top half of parallelogram.

	    {
		for(int j = 1; j < (i+1); j++)
    		{
	   	    if(j==1 || j==i) 
			System.out.print(what);
	     	    else 
			System.out.print(" ");
		}
		System.out.print("\n");
  	    }

	    //Output for lower half of parallelogram.

	    
	    slope = 2; //Tells the program where on the x axis to start.

	    
	    for (int k = 1; k < size; k++)
	    {
		for (int m = 1; m <= size; m++)
		{
		    if (m == slope || m == size)
	    	    {
			System.out.print (what);
		    }
	   	    else
	   	    {
			System.out.print (" ");
	    	    }
		}
		System.out.print ("\n");
		slope++;
	    }
  	    System.out.println();
	}
}

/*
Sample Outputs:

[rallen1@hills ~]$ java Parallelogram
This program will output a parallelogram.
How long do you want each side to be? 3
What character should this thing be made of? &

&
&&
& &
 &&
  &

[rallen1@hills ~]$ java Parallelogram
This program will output a parallelogram.
How long do you want each side to be? 5
What character should this thing be made of? #

#
##
# #
#  #
#   #
 #  #
  # #
   ##
    #

[rallen1@hills ~]$ java Parallelogram
This program will output a parallelogram.
How long do you want each side to be? 9
What character should this thing be made of? *

*
**
* *
*  *
*   *
*    *
*     *
*      *
*       *
 *      *
  *     *
   *    *
    *   *
     *  *
      * *
       **
        *

*/