Submission

Score: 100

User: KanemiyaKana

Problemset: กังหันสี่ทิศ

Language: cpp

Time: 0.004 second

Submitted On: 2026-09-23 15:35:17

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

// comment hell cause im short memori-ed

string amount(int times)
{

    int maxlettersononeside = times - 1;
    int rankoflastalphabet = times - 1;
    string returnstring = "";
    string line[] = {"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M", "N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T"};     // gotta start at 0 and end at n - 1 when you wanna loop
    string asterisk[] = {"*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*", "*"}; // could js ditch this and do a simple asterisk but nah bro fuck that
    string a = "";
    string Aline = "";

    for (int i = rankoflastalphabet; i > 0; i--) // from uppermost alphabet line to B (before A)
    {
        string totaloneline = "";                // putting these inside the for loop so that everytime it repeats it will then be set back to nothing
        string whitespaceafterletter1_STR = "";  // putting these inside the for loop so that everytime it repeats it will then be set back to nothing
        string whitespacebeforeletter1_STR = ""; // putting these inside the for loop so that everytime it repeats it will then be set back to nothing
        string whitespaceafterletter2_STR = "";  // putting these inside the for loop so that everytime it repeats it will then be set back to nothing
        string whitespacebeforeletter2_STR = ""; // putting these inside the for loop so that everytime it repeats it will then be set back to nothing

        // i am aware that there are better ways to go around this but i prefer to be clear instead of cutting lines of code
        int amountoflastalphabetwhitespace1 = i - 1; // only top part, add one whitespace manually after do one loop then run another loop
        int amountoflastalphabetwhitespace2 = i - 1;
        int whitespacebeforeletter1 = maxlettersononeside - i;
        int whitespacebeforeletter2 = maxlettersononeside - i;

        while (whitespacebeforeletter1 > 0)
        {
            whitespacebeforeletter1_STR += " ";
            whitespacebeforeletter1--;
        }

        totaloneline += whitespacebeforeletter1_STR;
        totaloneline += line[i];

        while (amountoflastalphabetwhitespace1 > 0)
        {
            whitespaceafterletter1_STR += " ";
            amountoflastalphabetwhitespace1--;
        }

        totaloneline += whitespaceafterletter1_STR;
        totaloneline += " ";

        while (amountoflastalphabetwhitespace2 > 0)
        {
            whitespacebeforeletter2_STR += " ";
            amountoflastalphabetwhitespace2--;
        }

        totaloneline += whitespacebeforeletter2_STR;
        totaloneline += line[i];

        while (whitespacebeforeletter2 > 0)
        {
            whitespaceafterletter2_STR += " ";
            whitespacebeforeletter2--;
        }

        totaloneline += whitespaceafterletter2_STR;

        // adding the asterisks after making the letters
        totaloneline += " ";
        totaloneline += whitespacebeforeletter1_STR;
        totaloneline += asterisk[i];
        totaloneline += whitespaceafterletter1_STR;
        totaloneline += " ";
        totaloneline += whitespacebeforeletter2_STR;
        totaloneline += asterisk[i];
        totaloneline += whitespaceafterletter2_STR;

        returnstring += totaloneline + "\n";
    }

    if (times >= 1)
    {
        int Awhitespace = times - 1;

        for (int k = Awhitespace; k > 0; k--)
        {
            Aline += " ";
        }

        a += Aline;
        a += "A";
        a += Aline;
        a += " ";
        a += Aline;
        a += "*";
        a += Aline;

        returnstring += a + "\n";
    }

    for (int i = 1; rankoflastalphabet >= i; i++) // from B back up to the last alphabet
    {
        string totaloneline = "";                // putting these inside the for loop so that everytime it repeats it will then be set back to nothing
        string whitespaceafterletter1_STR = "";  // putting these inside the for loop so that everytime it repeats it will then be set back to nothing
        string whitespacebeforeletter1_STR = ""; // putting these inside the for loop so that everytime it repeats it will then be set back to nothing
        string whitespaceafterletter2_STR = "";  // putting these inside the for loop so that everytime it repeats it will then be set back to nothing
        string whitespacebeforeletter2_STR = ""; // putting these inside the for loop so that everytime it repeats it will then be set back to nothing

        // i am aware that there are better ways to go around this but i prefer to be clear instead of cutting lines of code
        int amountoflastalphabetwhitespace1 = i - 1; // only top part, add one whitespace manually after do one loop then run another loop
        int amountoflastalphabetwhitespace2 = i - 1;
        int whitespacebeforeletter1 = maxlettersononeside - i;
        int whitespacebeforeletter2 = maxlettersononeside - i;

        while (whitespacebeforeletter1 > 0)
        {
            whitespacebeforeletter1_STR += " ";
            whitespacebeforeletter1--;
        }

        totaloneline += whitespacebeforeletter1_STR;
        totaloneline += line[i];

        while (amountoflastalphabetwhitespace1 > 0)
        {
            whitespaceafterletter1_STR += " ";
            amountoflastalphabetwhitespace1--;
        }

        totaloneline += whitespaceafterletter1_STR;
        totaloneline += " ";

        while (amountoflastalphabetwhitespace2 > 0)
        {
            whitespacebeforeletter2_STR += " ";
            amountoflastalphabetwhitespace2--;
        }

        totaloneline += whitespacebeforeletter2_STR;
        totaloneline += line[i];

        while (whitespacebeforeletter2 > 0)
        {
            whitespaceafterletter2_STR += " ";
            whitespacebeforeletter2--;
        }

        totaloneline += whitespaceafterletter2_STR;

        // adding the asterisks after making the letters
        totaloneline += " ";
        totaloneline += whitespacebeforeletter1_STR;
        totaloneline += asterisk[i];
        totaloneline += whitespaceafterletter1_STR;
        totaloneline += " ";
        totaloneline += whitespacebeforeletter2_STR;
        totaloneline += asterisk[i];
        totaloneline += whitespaceafterletter2_STR;

        returnstring += totaloneline + "\n";
    }

    return returnstring;
}

int main()
{
    int input;
    cin >> input;

    if (1 > input || input > 20)
    {
        return 0;
    }
    else
    {
        string output = amount(input);
        cout << output;
    }
}