ok i have a loop that will make a diamond, i can't get the freaking dimensions right, i dontk now what to change, i've been fiddlin around with the variables but can't figure out what to change by how much, can anyone help? heres the code:
and that makes a diamond with height 5 that looks like:Code://top of diamond or pyramid
for (row = 1; row <= height1 - (height1/2); row++)
{
for (space = height1; space >= row; space--)
printf(" ");
for (col = 1; col <= (row * 2 - 1); col++)
printf("*");
printf("\n");
}
//bottom of diamond
for (row = 1; row <= height1 - 1; row++)
{
for (space = 1; space <= row + 1; space++)
printf(" ");
for (col = 1; col <= height1 * 2 - (row * 2 + 1); col++)
printf("*");
printf("\n");
}
but i need one with height 5 that looks like:Code:*
***
*****
*******
*****
***
*
can anyone help? i know this may sound stupid but i've gone trhough and i just can't figure this out.Code:*
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*****
***
*