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//file head
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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
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//function declare
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void BuildToChar (int $num, char $ch);
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//mian
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int main ()
{
    int  num       = 5;
    int  blank_tmp = (num-1)/2;
    int  brick_tmp = 1;
    
    char blank     = ' ';
    char brick     = '*';
    
    
    for(int i=1; i<=num ; i++)
    {
        BuildToChar (blank_tmp, blank);
        BuildToChar (brick_tmp, brick);
        cout<<endl;
        
        if(i < ((num+1)/2))
        {
            blank_tmp --;
            brick_tmp += 2;
        }
        else
        {
            blank_tmp ++;
            brick_tmp -= 2;
        }
    }
    
    system ("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}    
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//function
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//BuildToChar
void BuildToChar (int $num, char $ch)
{
    for(int i=0; i<$num; i++){
        cout<<$ch;
    }
}