// This program prints three diamonds.

public class Diamond3 {
    public static final int SIZE = 8;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        drawDiamond();
        drawDiamond();
        drawDiamond();
    }

    // prints one diamond
    public static void drawDiamond() {
        for (int row = 1; row <= SIZE; row++) {
            drawStrings(SIZE - row, " ");
            System.out.print("/");
            drawStrings(2 * row - 2, ".");
            System.out.println("\\");
        }

        for (int row = SIZE; row >= 1; row--) {
            drawStrings(SIZE - row, " ");
            System.out.print("\\");
            drawStrings(2 * row - 2, ".");
            System.out.println("/");
        }
    }
        
    // prints count occurrences of text to System.out
    public static void drawStrings(int count, String text) {
        for (int i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
            System.out.print(text);
        }
    }
}