Making an hourglass program in c++??

#include%26lt;string%26gt;


#include%26lt;iostream%26gt;


#include%26lt;cmath%26gt;


using namespace std;





int main ()


{


int a, b=1, c, d, e;





while ( b %26gt; 0 )


{


cout %26lt;%26lt; endl;


cout %26lt;%26lt; "Enter a number from 3 to 15 and I will draw you an hourglass. ";


cin %26gt;%26gt; a;


while ( a %26lt; 3 || a %26gt; 15 )


{


while ( a %26lt; 3 %26amp;%26amp; a != 0)


{


cout %26lt;%26lt; endl;


cout %26lt;%26lt; "The number of rows is not enough for me to make an hourglass. " %26lt;%26lt; endl;


cout %26lt;%26lt; "Enter again : ";


cin %26gt;%26gt; a;


}





while ( a %26gt; 15 )


{


cout %26lt;%26lt; endl;


cout %26lt;%26lt; "That is too many rows for me to make an hourglass." %26lt;%26lt;


endl;


cout %26lt;%26lt; "Enter again : ";


cin %26gt;%26gt; a;


}





while ( a == 0 )


{


cout %26lt;%26lt; "Good Bye"%26lt;%26lt; endl;


return 0;}


}





if ( a%2 == 0)


a = a + 1;





for ( c = a/2 + 1; c %26gt;= 1; c--)


{


for ( e = c; e %26lt;= c; e++)


cout %26lt;%26lt; "*";





for ( d = 2*c-1; d %26gt; 0; d--)


{


cout %26lt;%26lt; "*";





}


cout %26lt;%26lt; endl;


}





}





return 0;


}





supposed to look liek this %26gt;%26gt;%26gt; when i enter 3 then is that with the middle star to be in the middle


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Making an hourglass program in c++??
#include %26lt;windows.h%26gt;





// set mouse cursor to wait


HCURSOR hOldCursor = SetCursor(LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_WAIT));





// do your processing that takes some time...





// restore old cursor


SetCursor(hOldCursor);