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Re: Hollow square program

From Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de>
Subject Re: Hollow square program
Date 2012-12-12 18:44 +0100
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siimnurges@gmail.com wrote:

> Well, I did some modifications and got a hollow square, but the columns
> aren't perfectly aligned with the rows (at least if input is 5. Thanks for
> the help :)
> 
> rows = int(input())
> s1="* "*rows
> s2="*"+(rows-2)*" "+"*"
> print(s1)
> for s in range(rows-2):
>     print(s2)
> print(s1)

The first and last row have an extra space between the asterisks. For the 
square to look like a square you need to add these to the other rows (and 
thus s2), too.

Also note that your code prints a minimum of two rows.

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Hollow square program siimnurges@gmail.com - 2012-12-12 08:48 -0800
  Re: Hollow square program Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-12-13 03:59 +1100
    Re: Hollow square program siimnurges@gmail.com - 2012-12-12 09:22 -0800
      Re: Hollow square program Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-12-12 10:35 -0700
      Re: Hollow square program Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-12-12 18:44 +0100
        Re: Hollow square program siimnurges@gmail.com - 2012-12-12 09:52 -0800
          Re: Hollow square program Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-12-12 23:47 +0000
            Re: Hollow square program Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-12-13 00:12 +0000
        Re: Hollow square program siimnurges@gmail.com - 2012-12-12 09:52 -0800
    Re: Hollow square program siimnurges@gmail.com - 2012-12-12 09:22 -0800
  Re: Hollow square program Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2012-12-12 12:18 -0500
    Re: Hollow square program siimnurges@gmail.com - 2012-12-12 09:25 -0800
    Re: Hollow square program siimnurges@gmail.com - 2012-12-12 09:25 -0800

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