Creating a diamond pattern using loops

Question

I am trying to write a program that reads an integer and displays, using asterisks, a filled diamond of the given side length. For Example, if the side length is 4, the prog

Answer 1

This might work better for you:

n = userInput

for idx in range(n-1):
    print((n-idx) * ' ' + (2*idx+1) * '*')
for idx in range(n-1, -1, -1):
    print((n-idx) * ' ' + (2*idx+1) * '*')

Output for userInput = 6:

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