Suppose we have a number n. We have to create alphabet rangoli of n x n size. n must be within 1 and 26 and it will start from a and end at z when n is 26.
So, if the input is like 5, then the output will be
--------e-------- ------e-d-e------ ----e-d-c-d-e---- --e-d-c-b-c-d-e-- e-d-c-b-a-b-c-d-e --e-d-c-b-c-d-e-- ----e-d-c-d-e---- ------e-d-e------ --------e--------
To solve this, we will follow these steps −
- for i in range n-1 to 0, decrease by 1, do
- for j in range 0 to i-1, do
- print "--"
- for j in range n-1 to i+1, decrease by 1, do
- print character whose ASCII is j+97 and print extra "-" at the end
- for j in range i to n-1, do
- if j is not same as n-1, then
- print character whose ASCII is j+97 and print extra "-" at the end
- otherwise,
- print character whose ASCII is j+97
- if j is not same as n-1, then
- for j in range 0 to 2*i - 1, do
- print "-" at the end
- go for next line
- for j in range 0 to i-1, do
- for i in range 1 to n-1, do
- for j in range 0 to i, do
- print "--"
- for j in range n-1 to i+1, decrease by 1, do
- print character whose ASCII is j+97 and print extra "-" at the end
- for j in range i to n-1, do
- if j is not same as n-1, then
- print character whose ASCII is j+97 and print extra "-" at the end
- otherwise,
- print character whose ASCII is j+97
- if j is not same as n-1, then
- for j in range 0 to 2*i - 1, do
- print "-" at the end
- go to the next line
- for j in range 0 to i, do
Example
Let us see the following implementation to get better understanding
def solve(n): for i in range(n-1,-1,-1): for j in range(i): print(end="--") for j in range(n-1,i,-1): print(chr(j+97),end="-") for j in range(i,n): if j != n-1: print(chr(j+97),end="-") else: print(chr(j+97),end="") for j in range(2*i): print(end="-") print() for i in range(1,n): for j in range(i): print(end="--") for j in range(n-1,i,-1): print(chr(j+97),end="-") for j in range(i,n): if j != n-1: print(chr(j+97),end="-") else: print(chr(j+97),end="") for j in range(2*i): print(end="-") print() n = 8 solve(n)
Input
8
Output
--------------h-------------- ------------h-g-h------------ ----------h-g-f-g-h---------- --------h-g-f-e-f-g-h-------- ------h-g-f-e-d-e-f-g-h------ ----h-g-f-e-d-c-d-e-f-g-h---- --h-g-f-e-d-c-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-- h-g-f-e-d-c-b-a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h --h-g-f-e-d-c-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-- ----h-g-f-e-d-c-d-e-f-g-h---- ------h-g-f-e-d-e-f-g-h------ --------h-g-f-e-f-g-h-------- ----------h-g-f-g-h---------- ------------h-g-h------------ --------------h--------------