Printing order 9,7 9,5 7 9,3 5 7 9,1 3 5 7 9

Problem statement
Write a c program to print the following series

9
7 9
5 7 9
3 5 7 9
1 3 5 7 9
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a[20],counter,n,i;   /* counter counts the number of meaningful elements in the array */
printf("enter starting point ");
scanf("%d",&n);
a[0]=n;
counter=1;
while(a[0]>=1)
{
for(i=0;i<counter;i++)
{
printf("%d ",a[i]);
}
printf("\n");
counter++;
a[counter-1]=n;
for(i=counter-2;i>=0;i--)
{
a[i]=a[i+1]-2;
}
}
return 0;
}