Pyramid Star Pattern

// C++ Programming Code To Create Pyramid Star Pattern using  Single For Loop

#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std ;

int main()

{

    int rows, columns ;

    int count=0 ;

    cout<<"Enter height of the stars pyramid : " ;

    cin>>rows ;

    // number of columns in the required pyramid

    columns=(2*rows)-1 ;

    for(int i=1; i<=columns; i++)

    {

        if(i<rows-count)

           cout<<" " ;   //print spaces upto (total_no_of_rows-i) places in each row

        else

            cout<<"*" ;

        if(i==rows+count)

        {

            cout<<"\n" ; // new line after printing each pattern in a row

            count++ ;

            if(i==columns)

                break ;

            i=0 ;        // starts rows from 1st column

        }

    }

}