Draw an object

[riemusic20]

Hi, I'm new to the whole programming environment. I'm currently taking an object oriented programming class and am a bit lost on my first assignment.
I know there is already thread for how to draw a diamond but it doesn't answer my question. I'm trying to draw a diamond with border characters and fill characters. The code I have so far draws the border characters but I'm not sure where to begin for the fill characters. I have tried a few different things but all them seem to do is make a square of fill characters. I'm not sure if I'm making any sense but any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Sheri

void Diamond:: Draw()
{
  int h, g, i;

  for(h = 0; h < side; h++)
  {
    for(g = 0; g < side; g++)
    {
      if(h < side/2)
      {
        if(g == side/2 - h || g == side/2 + h)
        {
          cout << border;
        }
        else
        {
          cout << " ";
        }
      }
      else
      {
        if(g == h - side/2 || g == side - (h - side/2) - 1)
        {
          cout << border;
        }
        else
        {
          cout << " ";
        }
      }
    }
    cout << '\n';
  }
}

[DdoubleD]

It is hard to determine what you require. Can you supply a textual pattern of what the design should look like after it is drawn?

Where do the values of "side" and "border" come from?

[riemusic20]

This is what it is supposed to look like:

           X 
          X X
         X O X
        X O O X
       X O O O X
      X O O O O X
     X O O O O O X
    X O O O O O O X
   X O O O O O O O X
  X O O O O O O O O X
 X O O O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O O O O X
 X O O O O O O O O O X
  X O O O O O O O O X
   X O O O O O O O X
    X O O O O O O X
     X O O O O O X
      X O O O O X
       X O O O X
        X O O X
         X O X
          X X
           X 

The values of the border and fill are hard-coded into the main function of the program. I'm writing the definition for the draw function that is called from main with the three parameters of side, border & fill characters. Right now all its giving me are the X's making an outline for the diamond.

[riemusic20]

That's supposed be the shape of a diamond:

X
X X
X O X
X O O X
X O O O X
X O O O O X
X O O O O O X
X O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O X
X O O O O O X
X O O O O X
X O O O X
X O O X
X O X
X X
X

[DdoubleD]

That's supposed be the shape of a diamond:

X
X X
X O X
X O O X
X O O O X
X O O O O X
X O O O O O X
X O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O O X
X O O O O O O X
X O O O O O X
X O O O O X
X O O O X
X O O X
X O X
X X
X

Here are changes to your Draw() function that will get you your fill character--I set it to "O" like your pattern. You still need some code to push the pattern out to form a diamond (opposite triangle) on the left. but you are close. I did not notice until now that the pattern you provided was striped of spaces on the left.

Look at the gaps in the lines output too--your program is skipping every other line in the pattern...

Give it a shot and see what you come up with...

int side = 12;
char border = 'X';
char fillCh = 'O';
void Draw()
{
  int h, g;
 
  for(h = 0; h < side; h++)
  {
    for(g = 0; g < side; g++)
    {
      if(h < side/2)
      {
        if(g == side/2 - h || g == side/2 + h)
        {
          cout << border;
        }
        else if (g > side/2 - h && g < side/2 + h)
        {
          cout << fillCh;
        }
		else
			cout << " ";
      }
      else
      {
        if(g == h - side/2 || g == side - (h - side/2) - 1)
        {
          cout << border;
        }
        else if (g > h - side/2 && g < side - (h - side/2) - 1)
        {
          cout << fillCh;
        }
		else
			cout << " ";
      }
    }
    cout << '\n';
  }
}