Hourglass Pattern

Medium Pattern Printing
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Problem Statement

Write a Python program to print an hourglass star pattern of height 2N – 1.

Input Format

An integer N.

Output Format

Print the hourglass pattern.

Constraints

1 <= N <= 10

Sample Input

3

Sample Output

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

Explanation

An inverted pyramid followed by an upright pyramid sharing the middle row.

Starter Code

def hourglass(n):
    # Write your code here
    pass

if __name__ == '__main__':
    n = int(input())
    hourglass(n)

Limits

  • Time Limit: 1s
  • Memory Limit: 256MB

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