nested for structures

Question

 Write a program that prints the following diamond shape. You may use output statements that print a single asterisk (*), a single space or a single newline character. Maximize your use of repetition (with nested for structures) and minimize the number of output statements. 

      *

    *** 

  ***** 

 *******

********* 

 *******

  *****

   *** 

     *