Answer to Question #227340 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

def printShadedDiamond(N):
    for i in range(1, N + 1):
        print(' '*(N - i), end = '')
        print('*'*(2 * i-1))
    for i in range(N - 1, 0, -1):
        print(' '*(N - i), end = '')
        if i>1:
            print('*'+' '*(i * 2-3)+'*')
        else:
            print('*'+' '*(i * 2-3))
        
printShadedDiamond(int(input()))