#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


int main()
{
	int choice;
	int i; int j; int k;
	int space;

	cout << "give me a diamond size= ";
	cin >> choice;

	/*space = choice - 1;
	for (k = 1; k <= choice; k++)
	{
		for (i = 1; i <= space; i++)
		{
			cout << " ";
		}
		space--;
		for (j = 1; j <= (2 * i - 1); j++)
		{
			cout << "*";
		}
		cout << endl;
	}

		cout << endl; // L\1ine break

	}//end outer loop*/

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

	system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}