I'd Like to know how to make an asterisk right triangle(S) in C++ using a loop

Question

I want something like this:

****      ****
***        ***
**          **
*            *

I tried this:

void roadBound() {

    for( int i = 1; i <= 10; i++ ){
        for( int j = 0; j < i; j++ ){
           cout << "*" ;
        }
        cout << endl;
    }
}

But it wasnt even close. Please help

Answer 1

This uses 3 loops inside another loop

const int ROW = 4;
const int GAP = 7;

for (int i=ROW, g=GAP; i>=0; i--, g+=2)
{
    for (int j=0; j<i; j++) cout << '*';
    for (int j=0; j<g; j++) cout << ' ';
    for (int j=0; j<i; j++) cout << '*';
    cout << '\n';
}

Output

****      ****
***        ***
**          **
*            *

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