How to generate a matrix with desired pattern using nested for loops?

I need to generate a 5x5 matrix like this one using nested for loops.

My first thought is to generate a zeros or ones matrix of same size and perform an operation to each term making it change to the desired one. I guess it is more complicated than I thought. Here is how I am trying to do it.

clear; clc;

A = zeros(5,5);

[numRows, numCols] = size(A);

for i = 1:numRows

for j = 1:numCols

A(i,j) = 1; %in here I would perform an operation or something that will make the specific number change.

end

end

A

% another thing that comes to my mind is to change the step from 1:numRows and 1:numCols to something like 1:2:numRows etc but it didn't work as expected.

Answer 1

[Dyuman Joshi]

n=5;
A=zeros(n);
for i = 1:n
    for j = min(i,n-i+1):max(i,n-i+1)
        A(i,j) = 1;
    end
end
A

A = 5×5

1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1