Question

Complete the program below that takes in one positive, odd, integer, n (at least 3), and prints a "diamond" shape of stars with the widest part of the diamond consisting of n stars. For example, if the input is n=5, the output would be:

*
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*****
***
*
If the input is n=9, the output would be:
*
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*****
*******
*********
*******
*****
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*
The diamond shape has rows of stars (asterisks) with and odd number of stars on each row. In the n=9 example, the rows had 1 star, 3 stars, 5 stars, 7 stars, 9 stars, 7 stars, 5 stars, 3 stars, and 1 star. Additionally, the rows with less than n stars have leading spaces to "center" the row (so that the center star of each row is directly above/below the center star of the other rows). Spaces are important in this assignment. Assume there are no trailing spaces (spaces at the end of each row). Because n must be odd and each row will have an odd number of stars, every row will have a "center" star.

Answer 1

n = int(input("Enter the n (positive odd integer): "))

for i in range(1, n+1, 2):

print(i*"*")

for i in range(n-2, 0, -2):

print(i*"*")

Step-by-step explanation:

*The code is in Python.

Ask the user to enter the n

Create a for loop that iterates from 1 to n, incrementing by 2 in each iteration. Print the corresponding number of asterisks in each iteration

Create another for loop that iterates from n-2 to 1, decrementing by 2 in each iteration. Print the corresponding number of asterisks in each iteration