Python Beginner Coding Exercise - Printing Patterns

👇 Solution Code provided below

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Print the following shapes with width n (Where n is an integer greater than or equal to 0)

A line, square, right triangle, pyramid, diamond

💻 Solution Code:

def printLine(n):
print("x"*n)
printLine(5)

def printSquare(n):
for x in range(n):
printLine(n)
printSquare(5)

def printTriangle(n):
for x in range(n):
printLine(x+1)
printTriangle(5)

def printPyramid(n):
for x in range(n):
print(" "*(n-x-1) + "x "*(x+1))
printPyramid(5)

def printDiamond(n):
printPyramid(n)
for x in range(n):
print(" "*(x+1) + "x "*(n-1-x))
printDiamond(5)

💻 Output:

#1 Line
xxxxx

#2 Square
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx

#3 Right Triangle
x
xx
xxx
xxxx
xxxxx

#4 Pyramid
x
x x
x x x
x x x x
x x x x x

#5 Diamond
x
x x
x x x
x x x x
x x x x x
x x x x
x x x
x x
x

💻 Reference Code:

#Quick Python 3 Refresher

#Print
print("Hello World")
print("Hello","World")
print("Hello" + " World")

#For Loop
for x in range(5):
print(x)

#Functions
def myFunction(n):
print("My Function:")
for x in range(n):
print(x)

myFunction(3)

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