// Variation of the Diamond program that replaces the global SIZE constant with
// parameters to make generalized versions of drawDiamond and drawX that can
// draw versions at different sizes.

public class Diamond4 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        drawDiamond(8);
        drawDiamond(4);
        drawX(6);
    }

    public static void drawDiamond(int size) {
        upTriangle(size);
        downTriangle(size);
    }

    public static void drawX(int size) {
        downTriangle(size);
        upTriangle(size);
    }

    public static void upTriangle(int size) {
        for (int row = 0; row < size; row++) {
            writeStrings(size - 1 - row, " ");
            System.out.print("/");
            writeStrings(2 * row, ".");
            System.out.println("\\");
        }
    }

    public static void downTriangle(int size) {
        for (int row = size - 1; row >= 0; row--) {
            writeStrings(size - 1 - row, " ");
            System.out.print("\\");
            writeStrings(2 * row, ".");
            System.out.println("/");
        }
    }
    
    // prints count occurrences of text
    public static void writeStrings(int count, String text) {
        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
            System.out.print(text);
        }
    }
}