Printing patterns

[f2200j]

so my pattern has some issues with spaces. the pattern should be for a number between 1 and 15. the entered number is the height of the pattern.this output is for 5.
so my code prints (the s is for spaces so just ignore them)

ssss*
ss***
*****
*******
*********

while it should print
ssss*
sss***
ss*****
s*******
*********

int lmt=(n/2);

     int lmt1=2*lmt;

     for (int i = 0; i <n; i++)

    {

          if(i<lmt)

          {

              for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)

              {

                   if(j< lmt1)

                   {

                        cout << " ";

                   }

                   else

                   {

                        cout << "*";

                   }

              }

          }

          else

          {

              for (int j = 0; j <= 2*i; j++)

              {

                   cout << "*";

              }

          }

          lmt1=lmt1/2;

          cout << endl;

     }