Question 7: The output has an error only in the second column

#1

package PatternsQuestions;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class ques7 {

public static void main(String[] args) {
	Scanner scn = new Scanner(System.in);
	int n = scn.nextInt();

	int nst=1;
	int nsp=0;
	int row = 1;
	
	while(row<=n){

// prinitng the first star
for(int cst=1; cst<= nst; cst++) {
System.out.print("*");
}

//setting if statement for space
int csp;
if(row==1 || row==n) {
csp=n+1;
} else {
csp=1;
}

		for(; csp<=nsp; csp++) {
			System.out.print(" ");
		}
		
		int cst2;
		if(row==1 || row==n) {
			cst2=n-2;
		} else {
			cst2=0;
		}
		
		for(int cst3 =1; cst3<=cst2; cst3++) {
			System.out.print("*");
		}
		
			
			for(int cst=1; cst<= nst; cst++) {
				   System.out.print("*");
				}
		
			System.out.println();
			if(row==1 || row==n) {
				nsp=0;
			} else {
				nsp=n-2;
			}
			row++;
			
	}

	scn.close();

}

}

I am getting an output like this for n = 5;

**

#2

@sinuscoupon0s_4659768f9d9b587e Your code is quite complicated. To make it simple use this approach :
i)When you are in While loop put a if condition when row == 1 || row == n if this condition is true then only print n = 5 stars;
iii)for all other lines just print a single star give n-2 spaces then print a single star again.
Code will look like this :

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {

public static void main(String[] args) {
	Scanner scn = new Scanner(System.in);
	int n = scn.nextInt();
	int row = 1;
	while(row<=n){
        if(row == 1 || row == n){
            for(int i = 0; i < n; i++){
                System.out.print("* ");
            }
        }else{
            //single star 
            System.out.print("* ");
            //n-2 spaces
            for(int i = 0; i < n-2; i++){
                System.out.print("  ");
            }//single star 
            System.out.print("* ");
        }
			row++;
            System.out.println();
			
	}

	scn.close();

}
}```
#3

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