How to print one side of the diagonal of an array? - c++

Question

Lets suppose we have a 5 X 5 random array
1 2 3 7 8
4 7 3 6 5
2 9 8 4 2
2 9 5 4 7
3 7 1 9 8
Now I want to print the right side of the diagonal shown above, along with the elements in the diagonal, like
----------8
--------6 5
------8 4 2
---9 5 4 7
3 7 1 9 8
The code I've written is
#include <iostream>
#include <time.h>
using namespace std;
int main(){
int rows, columns;
cout << "Enter rows: ";
cin >> rows;
cout << "Enter colums: ";
cin >> columns;
int **array = new int *[rows]; // generating a random array
for(int i = 0; i < rows; i++)
array[i] = new int[columns];
srand((unsigned int)time(NULL)); // random values to array
for(int i = 0; i < rows; i++){ // loop for generating a random array
for(int j = 0; j < columns; j++){
array[i][j] = rand() % 10; // range of randoms
cout << array[i][j] << " ";
}
cout << "\n";
}
cout << "For finding Max: " << endl;
for(int i = 0; i < rows; i++){//loop for the elements on the left of
for(int j = columns; j > i; j--){//diagonal including the diagonal
cout << array[i][j] << " ";
}
cout << "\n";
}
cout << "For finding Min: " << endl;
for(int i = rows; i >= 0; i++){ //loop for the lower side of
for(int j = 0; j < i - columns; j++){ //the diagonal
cout << array[i][j] << " ";
}
cout << "\n";
}
return 0;
}
After running the code the shape I get is correct , but the elements do not correspond to the main array. I have no idea what the problem is.

Answer 1

Left side:
for (size_t i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
for(size_t j = 0; j < columns - i; j++) {
cout << array[i][j] << " ";
}
cout << "\n";
}
Right side:
for (size_t i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
for (size_t j = 0; j < columns; j++) {
if (j < columns - i - 1) cout << "- ";
else cout << vec[i][j] << " ";
}
cout << "\n";
}