How write a program to draw curvy towers as in the sample runs below

[salarzai]

Enter the height per section: 7
Enter the number of sections: 4

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[jgg2002]

#include<string>
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(){
int t;
cin>>t;
int height;
cin>>height;
int printed = 0;
int print_out = 5;
for (int i=0; i<t; i++){
    while (printed<=height+1){
        cout<<string(print_out, '*');
        cout<<"\n";
        if (printed<height/2+1){
            print_out++;
        }
        else if (printed==height/2 || printed==height/2+1){
            print_out = print_out;
        }
        else if(printed>height/2+1){
            print_out--;
        }
        printed++;

    }
    print_out = 5;
    printed = 0;
}
}

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