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

check it out (for python 2.7x) :

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Filled ASCII Diamond :

width = 1
width += int(raw_input('Width : '))
for i in range (1,width):
    for j in range (width,i,-1):
        print " ",
    for j in range (1,i,1):
        print " * ",
    print

for i in range (width,1,-1):
    for j in range (width,i,-1):
        print " ",
    for j in range (1,i,1):
        print " * ",
    print

This works!! But not in any Browser window . . .