Printing an ASCII diamond with set width in python

Question

Yes, this is a homework task. But just please, if you\'re going to give me the code please tell me what you\'ve done in detail. I am extremely new to this.

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Answer 1

I tried to explain the code with comments. I hope it helps.

wid = int(input("Width: "))

#no. of lines will be double the width
#each loop prints a line.
for i in range(wid *2):

    #first half of the diamond
    if i<=wid:
        no_of_spaces = wid - i
        no_of_stars = i
        print(" "*no_of_spaces +  "* "*no_of_stars) 

    #next half of the diamond
    else:
        no_of_spaces = i - wid
        no_of_stars = 2*wid - i
        print(" "*no_of_spaces +  "* "*no_of_stars)