Nested loops not incrementing

[DirtyPowder]

Hi I am trying to make a nested loop that builds a triangle with the height based on user input. The trouble is none of my for loops seem to be incrementing. I am using DEV C++ and here is my code. I want to understand why so please don't just post code.

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int rows;         //rows
    int spaces;      //spaces
    int ast;           //asterisk
    int height;      //height input from user   
    
    cout << "How big do you want your triangle?" << endl;
    cout << "Please enter the height now. (Positive integer only): ";
    cin >> height;
    cin.ignore();

    for (rows=1; rows<=height; rows++)
    {
        for (spaces=height; spaces>0; spaces--)
        {
            cout << " ";
        }
        for (ast=1; ast<=height; ast++)
        {
            cout << "*";
        }
        cout << endl;
        //(2*ast)+1;      //increases the width of the triangle
    }
    
    cin.get();    

return 0;

}

I have made the corrections suggest but my loops still don't increment. Here is the output I am getting

*****
*****
*****
*****
*****

[bool maybe]

I will assume that you have the following at the top of your code and that you just left it out:

include <iostream>

using namespace std;

Aside from that you are declaring some of your variables twice. On line 13, for e.g., you write "int rows = 1;" whereas on line 3 you write "int rows." You can delete the line on 3 because it's redundant since you're creating a variable on line 13 that goes by the same name.

You can delete line 5 because it's redundant and doesn't do anything. on line 19 you're creating a variable "ast" and setting it equal to 1.

[twentfiveu]

Take a look at line 24, you are saying as long as ast is equal heightto print an *. That is exactly what it is doing, height never changes in any of your for statements.

try somthing like this for line 24

for (ast=1; ast<=rows; ast++)

I dont know if this is they way that you want your triangle to be shaped but it should put you back on the right path.