Answer to Question #230534 in Python for kaavya

Question

Hollow Right Triangle - 2

Given an integer number N as input. Write a program to print the hollow right-angled triangular pattern of N lines 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 the hollow right angled triangle of side

5. Therefore, the output should be

*

* *

* *

* *

* * * * *

Sample Input 1

4

Sample Output 1

*

* *

* *

* * * *

Sample Input 2

5

Sample Output 2

*

* *

* *

* *

* * * * *

Answer 1

n = int(input())
if n > 0:
    print('* ')
    for i in range(1, n - 1):
        print('*' + ' ' * (2 * i - 1) + '* ')
    if n > 1:
        print('* ' * n)