I'm trying to print a sideways triangle in java. If the user enters 5, the output should be:

      *
      ***
      *****
      ***
      *

If the user enters 6, the output should be:

      *
      ***
      *****
      *****
      ***
      *

I've gotten it to work for the case when the user enters 5, 3, or 1 but my code seems to work for those three cases only. I was wondering if anyone could help me get my code working for more cases. Here it is:

public void printArrow( int n )
{ int asterisks = 1;
   for ( int i = 0; i <= n/2; i++ )
   {
       for ( int j = i; j < asterisks; j++ )
       {

         System.out.print( "*" );

        }
        asterisks += 3;
        System.out.println();
    }


    asterisks = asterisks / 2 - 2;
    for ( int i = 0;  i < n/2; i++ )
    {
        for ( int k = i; k < asterisks; k++ )
        {
            System.out.print( "*" );

        }
        if ( i == 1 )
        {
            System.out.print( "*" );
        }

        asterisks -= 2;
        System.out.println();
    }
}