Answer to Question #245116 in Python for Raju

Question

W pattern with *

Write a program to print W pattern of N lines using an asterisk(*) character as shown below.

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

Answer 1

n = int(input())
for i in range(n):
    lst = [' '] * (4 * n - i - 2)
    lst[i: 2 * n - i] = ['*', ' '] * (n - i)
    lst[i + 2 * n - 2:4 * n - i - 2] = ['*', ' '] * (n - i)
    print(''.join(lst))

5
* * * * * * * * * 
 * * * * * * * * 
  * * *   * * * 
   * *     * * 
    *       *