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#include <iostream>

using std::cout;
using std::endl;

void dotPaint(int NUM, char DOT)
{
    for (int i=0; i<NUM; i++)
    cout << DOT;
}

int main() {

    const int NUM=9;

    int i;

    for (i = 0; i < NUM/2; i++)
    {
        dotPaint(NUM/2-i, ' '); //4,3,2,1,0
        dotPaint(i*2+1, '*'); //1,3,5,7,9

	cout << endl;
    }

    for (i = NUM/2 ; i>=0; i--)
    {
	dotPaint(NUM/2-i, ' '); //0,1,2,3,4
	dotPaint(i*2+1, '*'); //9,7,5,3,1

	cout << endl;
    }

        return 0;
}