Simple Yet Complex?

[ThatGrayRock]

I need to make a program that displays '*' Characters. I'm only supposed to use nested loops and no text messages to print the asterisks.

#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include<math.h>
#include<iomanip>
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
	int LCV = 1;
	char Nothing = '     ';
	int Something = 5;
	for (LCV = 1; LCV < 4; LCV++)
	{
		cout<<Nothing<<setw(6)<<showpoint<<setprecision(6)<<setfill('*');
		cout<<Nothing<<endl;
		Something -= 2;
		if (Something == 3)
		{
			Nothing = '   ';
		}
		if (Something == 1)
		{
			Nothing = ' ';
		}
	}
	return 0;
}

I need it to display:
/*
*****
***
*
*/

/*
 *****
 *****
 *****

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Process exited after 0.2104 seconds with return value 0
Press any key to continue . . .
*/

[48T7M4Gy]

#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
    for (int i = 5; i > 0; i -= 2)
    {
        for(int j = 0; j < i; j++)
            cout << '*';
        
        cout << endl;
    }
    return 0;
}