Answer to Question #225793 in Python for Ankita

Question

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.

Answer 1

Not sure what is meant by "shadowed", so 2 options:

Option 1:

n = int(input())
for i in range(1, n + 1):
    print(('* ' * i).rjust(n + i))
for i in range(n - 1, 0, -1):
    print(('* ' * i).rjust(n + i))

Option 2:

n = int(input())
for i in range(1, n + 1):
    lst = [' '] * 2 * i
    lst[0] = lst[-2] = '*'
    print(''.join(lst).rjust(n + i))
for i in range(n - 1, 0, -1):
    lst = [' '] * 2 * i
    lst[0] = lst[-2] = '*'
    print(''.join(lst).rjust(n + i))