Hourglass Java
public class hello {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.printf("|\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"|\n");
for (int i=1; i<5; i++) {
//* print leading spaces
for (int j=0; j<i; j++) {
System.out.printf(" ");
}
//* print single backslash
System.out.printf("\\");
//*print colons (8 for i=1 line, 6 for i = 2, ...)
for (int j=0; j<10-2*i; j++) {
System.out.printf(":");
}
//* print single forward slash and new line
System.out.printf("/\n");
}
//* print middle line
System.out.printf(" || \n");
for (int i=1; i<5; i++) {
//* print leading spaces ()
for (int j=0; j<5-i; j++) {
System.out.printf(" ");
}
//* print single backslash
System.out.printf("/");
//*print colons (8 for second line, 6 for third, ...)
for (int j=0; j<2*i; j++) {
System.out.printf(":");
}
//* print single forward slash and newline
System.out.printf("\\\n");
}
System.out.printf("|\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"|\n");
}
}
Disgusted Dotterel