Printing a certain shape with python

I need to print a shape that looks like the following

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

I’ve tried doing this but only managed to print an X shape

n = 7
for i in range(0, n):
    for j in range(0, n):
        if (i==j or j==n-1-i):
            print("*",end=" ")
        else:
            print(" ",end=" ")

    print()

output:

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

Don’t know how to approach this and would like some help 🙂 🙏

Answers:

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Method 1

You can create two lists with the number of spaces before the first * and the number between the two *s and then use zip() and f-strings:

before = [0, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 0]
between = [3, 3, 1, 0, 1, 3, 3]
for i, j in zip(before, between):
    print(f'{i*" "}*{j*" "}{"*" if j  else ""}')

Output:

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

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