Code:
cout << " ***** " << "\n" ;
The semi-colon ends the cout line.
So, you either need to delete all the semi-colons except the last, or add "cout<<" to the beginning of every line. Something like:
Code:
cout<<" ***** " << "\n" ;
cout<<" * *" << "\n";
cout<<" * * " << "\n";
cout<<" * 888 888 * " << "\n";
cout<<" * 888 888 * " << "\n";
cout<<" * * " << "\n";
cout<<" * * " << "\n";
cout<<" * * * * " << "\n";
cout<<" * * * * * * " << "\n";
cout<<" * * " << "\n";
cout<<" ***** " << "\n";
A bit lopsided, but you get the idea.