Well, after a quick glance at the code you're iterating N times
but only printing N-1 times. When counter == peak the loop does
nothing so you'd get something like:
chosen=5
for(int counter = 0; counter < chosen ; ++counter){ // note +1
removed }
counter = 0, 1, 2, [3]NO_PRINT, 4
*0
***1
*****2
***4
(note: my ascii art, I assume this is what the code would
produce...)
Now add the +1
for(int counter = 0; counter < chosen +1 ; ++counter){
0, 1, 2, [3]skip, 4, 5
*0
***1
*****2
***4
*5
With your implementation as it stands you need to skip iteration
N/2+1 to get the correct output. But you still need to write N
lines.
Hope that makes sense...!! :D
Stewart
