Printing Simple Diamond Pattern in Python

Question

I would like to print the following pattern in Python 3.5 (I\'m new to coding):

    *
   ***
  *****
 *******
*********
 *******
  *****
   ***
    *
         


        

Answer 1

print('This is in python 3.7')
h=eval(input('Enter the diagonal?'))
j=1
for i in range(h,h//2,-1):
    print(' '*(i-(h//2)-1),'*'*j)
    j+=2
j-=4
for i in range(1,(h//2)+1,1):
    print(' '*i,'*'*(j))
    j-=2