How to print diamond shape w/ c++

Question

I need help, I created a short little program a while ago where it would print a simple pyramid with "*" like this:

  *
 ***
*****

but I decided to challenge myself and see if I could create a simple diamond shape like this:

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

Here is my code so far. I should also add that the value you input, for example 5, determines how big the diamond is.

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

int main() {




int value = 0;
cout << "Please enter in a value: ";
cin >> value;
cout << endl;


for (int i = 0; i < value; i++) {
    //print spaces v v v
    for (int x = 0; x < (value - i - 1); x++) {
        cout << " ";
    }
    //print * v v v
    for (int y = 0; y < (2 * i + 1); y++) {
        cout << "*";
    }
    cout << endl;
}

for (int i = 0; i < value; i++) {
    int number = 0;
    number+= 2;
    //print spaces v v v
    for (int x = 0; x < (value - value + i + 1); x++) {
        cout << " ";
    }
    //print * v v v
    for (int y = 0; y < (/*ATTENTION: What do I do here? Plz help*/); y++) {
        cout << "*";
    }
    cout << endl;
}



return 0;
}

What I've been trying to do is figure out what to put inside the parenthesis where it says (//ATTENTION). I've been working for at least an hour trying to do random things, and one time it worked when I input 4, but not for 5, and it's just been very hard. This is key to building the diamond, try putting in just value and compile to see what happens. I need it to be symmetrical.

I need to know what to put inside the parenthesis please. I'm sorry this is very long but the help would be appreciated thanks.

I also apologize if my code is messy and hard to read.

Answer 1

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

int main() {

int value = 0;
cout << "Please enter in a value: ";
cin >> value;
cout << endl;


for (int i = 0; i < value; i++) {
    //print spaces v v v
    for (int x = 0; x < (value - i - 1); x++) {
        cout << " ";
    }
    //print * v v v
    for (int y = 0; y < (2 * i + 1); y++) {
        cout << "*";
    }
    cout << endl;
}

for (int i = 0; i < value-1; i++) {
//    int number = 0;
//    number+= 2;
//    //print spaces v v v

    for (int x = 0; x < i+1; x++) {
        cout << " ";
    }
    //print * v v v
     for (int y = 0; y < (2*(value-1-i)-1); y++) {
        cout << "*";
        }
    cout << endl;
}



return 0;
}

I hope that you will get this .Also in the second for loop you were iterating it one extra time by iterating the loop upto value. But since the pyramid is symmetric so the no of rows in the pyramid will be 2*value-1.So I in the second loop i should vary upto value -1.