How do I make a Diamond?

[Bentley]

Hello. I was wonder, as an aspiring C++ programmer, how one would make a diamond
dependant on user input.

For example, if the user inputs
Width: 5
This should appear

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

Can you help? Thanks for your time, Bentley

[Randy Charles Morin]

How about
--
Randy Charles Morin
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#include <iostream>

#pragma argsused
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
int k = 0;
std::cout << "Width?" << std::endl;
std::cin >> k;

for (int i = 0; i < k; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < k; j++)
{
if ( !(::abs(i-j)>k/2) && !((i+j)<k/2)
&& !((i+j)>(k+k/2-1) ) )
{
std::cout << "*";
}
else
{
std::cout << " ";
};
};
std::cout << std::endl;
}

return 0;
}

"Bentley" <crashman2011@aol.com> wrote in message news:3c582ccc$1@10.1.10.29...
>
> Hello. I was wonder, as an aspiring C++ programmer, how one would make a diamond
> dependant on user input.
>
> For example, if the user inputs
> Width: 5
> This should appear
>
> *
> ***
> *****
> ***
> *
>
> Can you help? Thanks for your time, Bentley

[masi]

"Bentley" <crashman2011@aol.com> wrote:
>
>Hello. I was wonder, as an aspiring C++ programmer, how one would make a
diamond
>dependant on user input.
>
>For example, if the user inputs
>Width: 5
>This should appear
>
> *
> ***
> *****
> ***
> *
>
>Can you help? Thanks for your time, Bentley

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//input the width of the diamond and the character that you want to be used
//you can modify it as u wish, i worte this program when i was begining c++

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
void shape1(int n, char p, char e);
void shape2(int n, char p, char e);
main()
{
int num;
char pound , exp = ' ';
cout<<"Input the value of the width of the diamond\n";
cout<<"and the character you want displayed "<<endl;
cin>>num>> pound;
shape1(num, pound, exp);
shape2(num, pound, exp);
return 0;
}
void shape1(int n, char p, char e)
{
int c, j, t, l = 1;
for (c = n; c > 0; c--)
{
for ( j = 1; j <= n - 1; j++)
{
cout<<e;
}
for ( t = n - l; t < n ; t++)
{
cout<<p;
}
l += 2;
n--;
cout<<endl;
}
}
void shape2(int n, char p, char e)
{
int c, j, l = 1, k = 1, q = 1;
for ( c = n; c > 0; c--)
{
for ( j = n - l; j < n ; j++)
{
cout<<e;
}
for( q = 2*(c - 1) - 1; q > 0; q--)
{
cout<<p;
}
l++;
cout<<endl;
}
}

[jonnin]

for (years = 0; years < 100000000, years ++)
{
compress_carbon();
}

Sorry, Sometimes I have to do this =)