Thread: Diamond loopy

Hey guys iv made a program that makes diamond shape appear. It works fine
and the image is perfect. But I was wondering, I have broken the code into two
sections, the top and bottom half the shape. Is it possible to use a single loop
of deep nested for loops to make the shape appear any different and more cleaner than I have done?

All im looking for is pointers on my coding...

Code:

#include <iostream>

// main function - begins program execution ////////////////////////////////////
//
int main ( void )
{
   int spaces, stars;
   
   // top hslf of diamond
   for ( int line = 1; line <= 5; line++ )
   {
      spaces = abs ( line -5 );
      
      for ( int loop = 1; loop <= spaces; loop++ )
         std::cout << " ";
         stars = line + ( line -1 );
         
      for ( int loop = 1; loop <= stars; loop++ )
         std::cout << "*";
         std::cout << std::endl;
      
   }
   
   // bottom half of diamond
   for ( int line = 1 ; line <= 4; line++ )
   {
      spaces = line;

      for ( int loop = 1; loop <= spaces; loop++ )
         std::cout << " ";
         stars = 9 - 2 * spaces;

      for ( int loop = 1; loop <= stars; loop++ )
         std::cout << "*";
         std::cout << std::endl;
   }

   std::cin.get(); // freeze console output window
   
   return 0; // return value from int main
}