creating a tower of box numbers

[winter spruce]

so the problem asks me to make a tower of box numbers like the image example only using while and if.
i kinda got the code but got stuck and dont know how to continue plz help

pisos = floors, filas = lines and clu = columns, contapisos = countfloors

#include "pch.h"
#include "iostream"
using namespace System;
using namespace std;

int main() {
    int Pisos;
    int filas = 1, clu = 1, elimite = 8, n = 4, Contapisos = 0;
    int e = 1;
    int x, y = 0;
    int num = 1;
    do {
        cout << "Ingrese un número del 1 al 5: "; cin >> Pisos;
    } while (!(Pisos <= 5 && Pisos >= 1));
    while (Contapisos < Pisos) {

        while (filas <= n)
        {
            while (clu <= n)
            {
                while (e < elimite) //generar espacios
                {
                    cout << " ";
                    e++;
                }

                if (filas == 1 || filas == n || clu == 1 || clu == n)
                {
                    cout << num;
                }
                else { cout << " "; }

                if (num >= 2) {
                    n = 3;
                    if (filas == 1 || filas == 4 || clu == 4 || clu == n)
                    {
                        cout << num;
                    }
                    else { cout << " "; }
                }
                n = 4;
                clu++;
               
                _sleep(50);
            }
            e = 1;
            clu = 1;
            filas++;
            cout << endl;
        }
        Contapisos++;
        filas = 1, clu = 1;
        elimite = elimite - 2;
        e = 1;
        num++;
    }
    return 0;
}

[onyx panther]

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[ember totem]

this is unreadable, create helper functions

you need to calculate how much leading ' ' characters to print according to the level you are on currently

for the 22222222 lines

and for the 2 22 2 lines

do you know how to write functions?

[winter spruce]

yeah

[ember totem]

so try that, let me know what you find

you can see that the max line length is n*n

a.k.a. 16

[winter spruce]

i did this one in
while (e < elimite) //generar espacios
{
cout << " ";
e++;
}

so it generates " " so that part works fine i think

[rocky solar]

#include <iostream>, it’s not a programmer defined header file

[ember totem]

❓

oh

[winter spruce]

we must use it. at least in my class,,

[ember totem]

well, double quotes still work

doesn't matter

[rocky solar]

Oh cool

[winter spruce]

wait im so lost. what do i put in the function like just the void square(int Pisos, int filas, int n, int clu) ?

[ember totem]

!f

[onyx panther]

Internal error while running !f

[ember totem]

!f

[onyx panther]

Internal error while running !f

[ember totem]

@winter spruce did you see my solution?

[winter spruce]

yes im reading it rn

the padding part is like the spaces before the square is printed right?

ohh wait i think i got it

thankyou so much !

[onyx panther]

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[ember totem]

next time they give you pattern printing, remember this approach - divide and conquer