for ..loop newb question

Hi, i just pretty much started taking c++ and our teacher is having us do for...loops. i got the basic concept of it but theres one assignment i do not understand and its driving me crazy and i have the biggest headache.
The assignment was to make a program that asks the users for the length and heightand then it makes a hollow rectangle.. i got the top and bottom horizontal lines and the left vetical line but i can't get the right vetical line

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int length;
    int height;
cout << "Enter length: ";//user enters the length of the line
    cin >> length;
   
    cout << "Enter Height: ";//user enters the height of the line
    cin >> height;
   
    cout << endl;
    cout << endl;
   
    for (int line = 0; length-1 > line; line += 1){//user enters a number and
    //for loop displays a line
        cout << "*";// displays the length of the line
        }
   
    for (int line = 0; height-2 > length; height +=1){//Could not figure it out
    //to make the vertical line on the right side of the rectangle
    cout << "*" <<endl;
    }
   
   
   
    for (int line = 0; height > line; line += 1){ //for loop for height
        cout << "*"<< endl;// displays the height .. the endl makes it go to
        //the next line
        }
       
    for (int line = 0; length > line; line += 1){//user enters a number and for
    //loop displays a line
        cout << "*";// displays the length of the line
}
       
       
   
   
    cout << endl;
    cout << endl;
    cout << endl;
   
    system("pause");
    }

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i don't want anyone to tell me how to do it but give me a hint or some pointers.
thanks
-mike

You are going to have to place the right line while you are placing the left. You will need to put the appropriate number of spaced between the *'s so that it ends up being a box. You are on the right track so far, GL.

That was a fun one :)
http://www.agilman.org/crap/code/line.zip

basically there are two cases when you want to print *...
when x or y =0 (first row and column) or when x=width or y=height (the last row and column)

It might be hard to figure out my code at first, but its pretty neat, I had fun solving this one ;)

Consider what you int variable "line" will equal when you're at the ends of the box. Use that to conditionally decide if you should put a star or a space.