//Pranav Manur CS1A Chapter 2 pg.83 #16
/*******************************************************************************
* CREATION OF A DIAMOND SHAPE PATTERN
* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* This program creates a diamond shape out of any character in this case an *
* The final shape is : *
* ***
* *****
* *******
* *****
* ***
* *
*
*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* INPUT
* Any singular character wanted to make the diamond
*
* OUTPUT
* The final diamond shape shown above
*
*******************************************************************************/
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
//Create and assign a character to the char data type
char a;
a = '*';
// Display the output of the diamond
cout << " " << a << endl << " " << a << a << a << endl << " " << a << a
<< a << a << a << endl << " " << a << a << a << a << a << a << a << endl <<
" " << a << a <<a << a << a << endl << " " << a << a <<a << endl << " "
<< a << endl;
return 0;
}
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