My asterisk diamond is printing out wrong.

[Ryan5920]

I feel as if I'm so close and I'm just messing up a value somewhere, but I am at a loss as to what I should change.

Here is my code:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	int n;
	int spaces = 15;
	int divider;

	cout << "Please enter an odd integer" << endl;
	cin >> n;

	divider = n / 2;

	//Top half of diamond
	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
	{
		if (i <= divider + 1)
		{

			cout << setw(spaces);
			spaces--;

			for (int j = 0; j < 2 * i - 1; j++)
			{
				cout << "*";
			}
			cout << endl;
		}
	}

	for (int i = n;  i > divider; i--)
	{
		if (i > divider)
		{
			cout << setw(spaces);
			spaces++;
			for (int j = 0; j < 2 * i + -1; j++)
			{
				cout << "*";
			}
			
		}
		cout << endl;
	}


	return 0;
}

[Krisando]

Can you please be more specific, print a screenshot or paste output if it visibly displays the issue.

Your code doesn't compile for me in GCC, I bet it's borland/Codegear..

[48T7M4Gy]

//#include "stdafx.h" // CHANGE ***************************************
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main() // CHANGE ************************************************
{
	int n;
	int spaces = 15;
	int divider;

	cout << "Please enter an odd integer" << endl;
	cin >> n;

	divider = n / 2;

	//Top half of diamond
	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
	{
		if (i <= divider + 1)
		{

			cout << setw(spaces);
			spaces--;

			for (int j = 0; j < 2 * i - 1; j++)
			{
				cout << "*";
			}
			cout << endl;
		}
	}

	for (int i = n;  i > divider; i--)
	{
		if (i > divider)
		{
			cout << setw(spaces);
			spaces++;
			for (int j = 0; j < 2 * i + -1; j++)
			{
				cout << "*";
			}
			
		}
		cout << endl;
	}


	return 0;
}

This works if you run it here with a few small changes. It looks as though you are using Visual Express :)