Thread: Creating a diamond pattern

Hello everyone,

I am attempting to create a diamond pattern, and failing miserably. I am looking for some info on getting my proggie running

Each dash represents a space. It is supposed to be monospace. Notice it goes 1-3-5-3-1. Here is an example of it working:
----x
--xxx
xxxxx
--xxx
----x

I know I need a few "for" loops. Outer for counting spaces and inner couple for counting and displaying spaces and numbers.
Here's what I have so far...

NEW CODE ADDED.

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main() {
    int num;
  char character;
  cout << "Enter Number: ";
  cin >> num;
  
int half=(num/2);
cout <<half<<endl;

  while (num>0){ 
  cout << "Enter character: "<<endl;
  cin >> character;
  cout <<endl;

  for (int row=0;row<num;++row) {
      int numplus1=num++;

      for (int space=((numplus1/2)-row);space<=row;++space){  
          cout <<" ";
          cout <<endl;
      for (int display=num-((numplus1)-(2*row));display<=num;display++){
          cout <<character;
          cout <<endl;
      }}
      for (int space=((numplus1/2)-row);space<=row;++space){ 
          cout <<" ";
          cout <<endl;
      for (int display=num-((numplus1)-(2*row));display<=num;display++){
           cout <<character;
           cout <<endl;
      }}
    cout << "\nEnter Number: ";
  cin >> num;
}
  cout <<endl;
  cout << "Bye"<<endl;
  system("PAUSE");
  return 0;}
}

1. Pick an indent style - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indent_style

2. Do something like
for ( row = 0 ; row < 5 ; row++ )

The first thing inside that loop would be
int numSpaces = /* an expression based on the value of row */
int numStars = /* another expression based on the value of row */

Use those two results to print a number of spaces, then a number of stars.