C++ column chart is reversed -

i'm stumped on why columns reversed. actual column graph (asterisks only) needs flipped horizontally. (the population in 1900 2000 , population in 2040 24000.)

here looks like:

population column chart  24000  ** 23000  ** 22000  **    ** 21000  **    ** 20000  **    ** 19000  **    ** 18000  **    **    ** 17000  **    **    ** 16000  **    **    ** 15000  **    **    ** 14000  **    **    **    ** 13000  **    **    **    ** 12000  **    **    **    ** 11000  **    **    **    ** 10000  **    **    **    **  9000  **    **    **    **    **  8000  **    **    **    **    **  7000  **    **    **    **    **  6000  **    **    **    **    **  5000  **    **    **    **    **    **  4000  **    **    **    **    **    **    **  3000  **    **    **    **    **    **    **  2000  **    **    **    **    **    **    **    **  1000  **    **    **    **    **    **    **    **       1900  1920  1940  1960  1980  2000  2020  2040 

and here's code:

#include <fstream> #include <iostream> #include <iomanip> using namespace std;  int main(){     int population_size = 8; //available changes.      int year = 1900;     int population[population_size];     bool havefile = true;      const string infilename = "people.txt";     ifstream infile("people.txt"); //defines input file , opens      cout << "population column chart" << endl;     cout << endl;       if (infile){         // cout << "open of " << infilename << " successful.\n";         int count = 0;         while (!infile.eof()) {             infile >> population[count];             count++;         if (infile.eof()) break;}          int min = 1000; //define minimum y-axis amount         int max = 0; //initialize max value 0         (int i=0; i<count; i++){ //find maximum population              if(population[i]> max);             max = population[i];         }          //this block creates y-axis legend , rows of stars         (int num = max; num >= min; num = num - 1000){              cout << setw(5) << num << " ";             (int year_counter = 0; year_counter <= count-1; year_counter++)                 if (num <= population[year_counter])                     cout << setw(3) << "**" << "   ";             cout << endl;         }         //this block creates x-axis legend         cout << "    ";          (int k = 1; k <= count; k++){             cout << setw(6) << year;             year += 20;         }     } } 

the problem in area of code:

for (int year_counter = 0; year_counter <= count-1; year_counter++)             if (num <= population[year_counter])                 cout << setw(3) << "**" << "   "; 

population[0] should value of 2000, 24000. there problem array being somehow reversed?

thanks in advance

 if(population[i]> max);         max = population[i]; 

should be

 if(population[i]> max)         max = population[i]; 

try , see.

ok, think see what's now. trying print populations various years. each column 6 characters wide ("\*\*" set in setw(3), plus " "). trouble is, print column if it's going "**"; otherwise print nothing. columns "\*\*" jammed left.

solution print column, each row, whether gets "**" or not:

        (int year_counter = 0; year_counter <= count - 1; year_counter++)             if (num <= population[year_counter])                 cout << setw(3) << "**" << "   ";             else                                    //new                 cout << setw(3) << "  " << "   ";   //new