Help Needed !!

i'm trying to draw this:

& & & & & & &
& * * * * * &
& * * * * * &
& * * * * * &
& & & & & & &

i know it's a combination of for loops.....but can anyone guide me in the right direction...the rest of my code is fine...i just need to know how to come up with this...thank you

ehh....

Code:

cout<<"& & & & & & & \n";
cout<<"& * * * * * & \n";
cout<<"& * * * * * & \n";
cout<<"& * * * * * & \n";
cout<<"& & & & & & &";

Like that?

You will need two for loops to do it. Just draw the filler char everytime except when your loop counter varibles == 0 or the max row/col number.

There may be a better way to do this, but this code gets the job done.

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
	char border = '&';
	char filler = '*';

	const int ROWS = 5;
	const int COLS = 7;

	for (int i = 0; i < ROWS; i++) { 
		if (i == 0 || i == (ROWS - 1)) {
			for (int j = 0; j < COLS; j++) {
					cout << border;
			}
		} else {
			for (int j = 0; j < COLS; j++) {
				if(j == 0 || j == (COLS - 1)) 
					cout << border;
				else
					cout << filler;
			}
		}
		cout << "\n";
	}
}

You will need two for loops to do it. Just draw the filler char everytime except when your loop counter varibles == 0 or the max row/col number.

hey thanks ....this is more along the lines of what i was trying to do.....