#include <iostream>

using namespace std ;

void makeRow (int howLong) ;

int main()
{
  int count, lines;

  cout << "How many lines would you like? ==> " ;
  cin >> lines ;
  cout << endl ;
  count = lines;
  while (count > 0)
  {
    makeRow(count);
    count-- ;
//      count -= 2 ;
  }
  cout << endl ;  
  return 0 ;
}

  /* Purpose: Make one row of stars of the specified length. */
void makeRow (int howLong)
{
   int column ;
   for (column=1; column<=howLong; column++)
   {
      cout << "*  " ;
   }
   cout << endl ;
}