Stars Equation

[salomonthesav]

Prompt the user to enter a positive integer and create a pattern of “stars”. I am having a hard time displaying and working the bottom half. The top should reflect the bottom but lowering stars (9 stars to 0 instead of 1 to 9) (Don't worry about the colors)

  int main()
{
	int starsPerLine = 0;
	cout << "Enter a positve number:\t";
	cin >> starsPerLine;
	cout << endl;
	cout << endl;

		for (int line = 1; line < starsPerLine; line++)
		{
			for (int stars = 1;
				stars <= line;
				stars++)
				cout << '*';
			cout << endl;
		}

		for (int line = starsPerLine; line < 0; line--)
		{
			for (int starsTwo = 9;
				starsTwo <= line;
				starsTwo--)
				cout << '*';
		}

	return 0;
}

[SakurasouBusters]

What is your expected program output?

[shadder]

check your line 18, line<0;//less?

@SakurasouBusters I think (s)he is trying to make somewhat like this

The top should reflect the bottom but lowering stars

Enter a positve number:	9


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[Handy Andy]

Hello salomonthesav,

I played with the program until I came up with this:

for (int line = 1; line < starsPerLine; line++)
{
	for (int starsTwo = starsPerLine - 2; starsTwo >= line; starsTwo--)
		cout << '*';

	cout << endl;
}

The starsTwo = starsPerLine - 2 is what I setteled on when - 1 did not work the way I wanted.

Notice the first for loop is like any normal for loop it is really just a counter.

Hope that helps,

Andy