Diamond pattern I almost have it

[Gargoyle]

I'm trying to create a diamond out of stars. I'm close, but clearly I don't quite understand how these for loops work. Can anyone suggest a fix for the bottom half of the diamond??

 cin >> i;
   
   for(i=1; i <=10; i++)
    {
            for(j = 1; j<=(10-i); j++)
            cout << " " ;
            for(j=1;j<=i;j++)
            cout<< "*";
            for (j=(i-1); j>=1; j--)
            cout << "*"; 
           
            cout << endl;
            }
             
    for(i=10; i >=0; i--)               
      {
            for (j=(i-1); j>=1; j--)
            cout << "*"; 
             for(j=1; j<=i; j++)
            cout<< "*";
           for(j = 10; j<=(10+i); j++)
            cout << " " ;
              cout<< endl;
              }  
            
 

[SamuelAdams]

You want the spaces to come before the *.

For testing I would print a "x" instead of the space so you can see on screen where it appears and if the code is working like you think it is.

for the first line try

	for(int x = 1; x<=10-i; x++)
        cout << "x";

[Gargoyle]

Thank you so much! Now I have to use that in a function. I'll probably be posting again soon.