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

Thanks Guys, I was able to formulate/correct my code based on the help I received. Thanks for all your input and helping the SO community!

if userInput > 0:              # Prevents the computation of negative numbers
    for i in range(userInput):
        for s in range (userInput - i) :    # s is equivalent to to spaces
            print(" ", end="")
        for j in range((i * 2) - 1):
            print("*", end="")
        print()
    for i in range(userInput, 0, -1):
        for s in range (userInput - i) :
            print(" ", end="")
        for j in range((i * 2) - 1):
            print("*", end="")
        print()