Code:
#include <iostream.h>
const int ROW = 7;
const int COL = 7;
void main()
{
char M[ROW][COL]={
{' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' '},
{' ',' ',' ','*','*',' ',' '},
{' ',' ','*',' ','*',' ',' '},
{' ',' ',' ',' ','*',' ',' '},
{' ',' ','*',' ',' ',' ',' '},
{' ',' ','*',' ','*',' ',' '},
{' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' '}
};
int num = 0;
cout << "\nPlease enter the number of generations to print: ";
cin >> num;
cout << "\n\n\tGeneration: " << 0 << endl;
for (int i=1; i<ROW-1; i++){
cout << endl << "\t" << '|';
for (int j=1; j<COL-1; j++){
cout << M[i][j] << '|';
}//for
}//for
cout << endl <<endl;
for (int k=0; k<num; k++){
for (int i=1; i<ROW-1; i++){
for (int j=1; j<COL-1; j++){
if (M[i-1][j] == '*') num++;
if (M[i-1][j-1] == '*') num++;
if (M[i-1][j=1] == '*') num++;
if (M[i][j-1] == '*') num++;
if (M[i][j+1] == '*') num++;
if (M[i+1][j] == '*') num++;
if (M[i+1][j-1] == '*') num++;
if (M[i+1][j+1] == '*') num++;
}//for
}//for
cout << "\tGeneration: " << k+1 << endl;
for (int i=1; i<ROW-1; i++){
cout << endl << "\t" << '|';
for (int j=1; j<COL-1; j++){
cout << M[i][j] << '|';
}//for
}//for
cout << endl <<endl;
}//for
}//main