Unable to understand the solution

In this question, I was unable to solve it so saw the solution. But in the solution, we took number of stars(nsp) which is number of stars in the very first line of the pattern as (n/2)+1.
so suppose n=5, then nsp=(5/2)+1 which will give nsp as 3.
But the number of stars in the very first line of the pattern is 5

hey @arjunanand1526_b304cfe7006d6c21
dry run the whole solution, u will get better insight…

@arjunanand1526_b304cfe7006d6c21
is there anything else??

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