How to make a propeller shape using for loops?

[supernewbie]

The ouput should be like this:

Enter size : 5

.....*****
*....****
**...***
***..**
****.*
*****.*****
.....*.****
....**..***
...***...**
..****....*
.*****


(dots are the number of spaces between each right trianles)

I've tried many times but I still can't get it .

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main ()
{

int size;

cout << "Enter a number for the size : " ;
cin >> size;

cout <<endl;


for (int i = 0; i <= size; i++)
{
for(int x = 0; x <= i; x++)
{
cout << "*";
}
for( x = 0; x < size; x++)
{
cout <<" ";
}
for( x = 0; x < size; x++)
{
cout <<"*";
}
for( x = 0; x <= i; x++)
{
cout << " ";
}
for( x = 0; x <= i; x++)
{
cout << " ";
}
for( x = 0; x < size; x++)
{
cout <<"*";
}
for( x = 0; x < size; x++)
{
cout <<" ";
}
for( x = 0; x <= i; x++)
{
cout << "*";
}
size--;
cout << endl;
}


return 0;
}

[giblit]

what exactly is this propeller shape supposed to look like with spaces? try the

[output]

[/output] tags. Also please use

[code][/code]

tags around code please makes it easier to read. The only other problem I see is you are using a lot of for loops. Have you used iomanip before? They have a function called std::setfill and std::setw where you can set the filling character and the width.

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iomanip/
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iomanip/setfill/
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iomanip/setw/

[supernewbie]

thanks but i dont know how to use [output] . icant type it exactly what it look like . im sorry

[wildblue]

Just type "output" text you want to represent as output "/output" (with brackets instead of the quotes)

That'll make it display like this. (I think this is what it should look like? I took out a space on each line at the bottom left.)

.....*****
*....****
**...***
***..**
****.*
*****.*****
....*.****
...**..***
..***...**
.****....*
*****

or like this?

*....*****
**...****
***..***
****.**
******
....******
...**.****
..***..***
.****...**
*****....*