Question

Parallelogram Program

Write a program that prints the following parallelogram pattern given the the following two inputs.

Example 1 This program will output a parallelogram. How long do you want each side to be? 5 Please enter the character you want it to be made of: Parallelogram: ** *** ******** ***** *** Example 2 This program will output a parallelogram. How long do you want each side to be? 8 Please enter the character you want it to be made of: a Parallelogram: a @@ @@@ @@@a @@@@@ @@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@ @@@@@ @@@@ @@@ @@ @

Here are the rules:

• Your program must work with any length greater than 1.
• Your program must use the character the user inputs to draw the parallelogram.
• Your program must not use global variables or global code other than a call to main().
• Your program output must match my out exactly. I have provided you with the strings you need for the output matching.
• Hint: I recommend you think of this as a program to output two triangles, one above the other (the longest horizontal line is the border between the triangles).

Answer 1

def pring_parallelogram(long, char):
    print("Parallelogram:")
    for i in range(1, long+1):
        print(char*i)
    symbols = long - 1
    for i in range(1, long):
        print((" "*i) + char*symbols)
        symbols = symbols - 1
    
    
def main():
    print("This program will output a parallelogram.")
    l = int(input("How long do you want each side to be?\n"))
    c = input("Please enter the character you want it to be made of:\n")
    pring_parallelogram(l,c)

main()

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