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Discussion on: Daily Challenge #2 - String Diamond

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karsten-coba •

Gave it a try in Python. Not exactly as required since the diamond is printed on-the-fly, but I think it shows the main idea to create every line one after the other. Could also be stored in a string and then returned...

import sys

def diamond(width):
    padding = width//2

    while padding > -width//2:
        print(" " * abs(padding) + "*" * (width - abs(padding) * 2))
        padding -= 1

if (len(sys.argv) < 2 or int(sys.argv[1]) < 1 or int(sys.argv[1]) % 2 == 0):
    print("Invalid parameter")
else:
    diamond(int(sys.argv[1]))