Answer to Question #223649 in Python for srikanth

Question

Shaded Diamond

Given an integer value 

N as input, write a program to print a shaded diamond of 2*N -1 rows using an asterisk(*) character as shown below.

Note: There is a space after each asterisk (*) character.

Input

The first line of input is an integer 

N.

Explanation

In the given example 

N = 5. Therefore, the output should be

    * 
   * * 
  * * * 
 * * * * 
* * * * * 
 *     *
  *   *
   * *
    *
Sample Input 1
6
Sample Output 1
     * 
    * * 
   * * * 
  * * * * 
 * * * * * 
* * * * * * 
 *       *
  *     *
   *   *
    * *
     *
Sample Input 2
5
Sample Output 2
    * 
   * * 
  * * * 
 * * * * 
* * * * * 
 *     *
  *   *
   * *
    *

Answer 1

N = int(input())
for i in range(1, N + 1):
    for j in range(1, N - i + 1):
        print(end = ' ')
    for l in range(1, 2 * i):
        if l == 1 or l == i * 2 - 1:
            print('*', end = '')
        else:
            print('*', end = '')
    print()
for i in range(N - 1, 0, -1):
    for j in range(1, N - i + 1):
        print(' ', end = '')
    for l in range(1, 2 * i):
        if l == 1 or l == i * 2 - 1:
            print('*', end = '')
        else:
            print(' ', end = '')
    print()