Question

Python 3: Please follow the respective rubric for the following function definition.

Rectangle Shape You should implement the following functions to print a rectangle shape. • print_rectangle(length, width, fillChar, hollow). This function will use draw_shape_line() function to print a rectangle shape with the given length and width, If the hollow is true, the shape will be hollow rectangle, otherwise a filled rectangle. This function must not interact with the user. For example, the call print_rectangle(5, 10, '*', False) should print the following shape ********** ********** * * * * * * * ******** * • make_rectangle(). This function will prompt the user for entering the length, width, fillChar and the choice of fill or not fill. For this project, we limit the width of a rectangle to no more than 80 characters. Additionally, the length (number of lines) of the rectangle should not be more than 20. This method must validate the input and continue to ask for input until the user enters a number in range. Once the user entered valid input, this function will call the print_rectangle() function to print the shape.

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Answer 1

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#code

#method to print the rectangle
def print_rectangle(length, width, fillChar, hollow):
    #looping through each row
    for i in range(length):
        #looping through each column
        for j in range(width):
            #if hollow is False, simply printing fillChar
            if not hollow:
                print(fillChar, end='')
            else:
                # otherwise checking if current position is at the edge
                if i==0 or j==0 or i==length-1 or j==width-1:
                    #printing fillChar
                    print(fillChar, end='')
                else:
                    #printing a blank space
                    print(' ', end='')
        #printing line break
        print()


#method to read values from user and print a rectangle
def make_rectangle():
    #initializing length to -1
    length = -1
    #looping until a valid length is entered
    while length < 0 or length > 20:
        #reading and validating length
        length = int(input("Enter a valid length between 1 and 20: "))
        if length < 0 or length > 20:
            print("Invalid length, try again.")
    #doing the same for width
    width=-1
    while width<0 or width>80:
        width=int(input("Enter a valid width between 1 and 80: "))
        if width<0 or width>80:
            print("Invalid width, try again.")
    #reading fill char
    c=input("Enter a fill character: ")
    #reading fill status. if input is 'y' or 'Y', the rectangle will be hollow
    #anything else, rectangle will be filled
    hollow=input("rectangle needs to be hollow? (y/n): ").lower()=='y'
    print() #printing a blank line
    #printing rectangle
    print_rectangle(length, width, c,hollow)


#testing the above method
make_rectangle()

#output 1

Enter a valid length between 1 and 20: -2 Invalid length, try again. Enter a valid length between 1 and 20: 5 Enter a valid width between 1 and 80: 81 Invalid width, try again. Enter a valid width between 1 and 80: 10 Enter a fill character: x rectangle needs to be hollow? (y/n): n XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX

#output 2

Enter a valid length between 1 and 20: 7 Enter a valid width between 1 and 80: 20 Enter a fill character: 0 rectangle needs to be hollow? (y/n): y 00000000000000000000 OOOOO Oo oooooooooooooooooooo