Printing a Diamond in C++ using Aesterics.

#include<iostream>   #include<cstdlib>   using namespace std;   int main()   {   int i=0, j=0, NUM=3;   for(i=-NUM; i<=NUM; i++)   {   for(j=-NUM; j<=NUM; j++)   {   if( abs(i)+abs(j)<=NUM)    { cout<<"*"; }   else { cout<<" ";}   }   cout<<endl;   } return 0; }

Output:

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