Merge pull request #105 from tsmaster/port-diamond

Ported DIAMOND to Python

32 Diamond/python/diamond.py

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+"""
+DIAMOND
+
+Prints pretty diamond patterns to the screen.
+
+Ported by Dave LeCompte
+"""
+
+
+def print_with_tab(space_count, msg):
+    if space_count > 0:
+        spaces = " " * space_count
+    else:
+        spaces = ""
+    print(spaces + msg)
+
+
+def print_diamond(begin_width, end_width, step, width, count):
+    edgeString = "CC"
+    fill = "!"
+
+    n = begin_width
+    while True:
+        line_buffer = " " * ((width - n) // 2)
+        for across in range(count):
+            for a in range(n):
+                if a >= len(edgeString):
+                    line_buffer += fill
+                else:
+                    line_buffer += edgeString[a]
+            line_buffer += " " * (
+                (width * (across + 1) + (width - n) // 2) - len(line_buffer)
+            )
+        print(line_buffer)
+        if n == end_width:
+            return
+        n += step
+
+
+def main():
+    print_with_tab(33, "DIAMOND")
+    print_with_tab(15, "CREATIVE COMPUTING  MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY")
+    print()
+    print()
+    print()
+    print("FOR A PRETTY DIAMOND PATTERN,")
+    print("TYPE IN AN ODD NUMBER BETWEEN 5 AND 21")
+    width = int(input())
+    print()
+
+    PAGE_WIDTH = 60
+
+    count = int(PAGE_WIDTH / width)
+
+    for down in range(count):
+        print_diamond(1, width, 2, width, count)
+        print_diamond(width - 2, 1, -2, width, count)
+
+    print()
+    print()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()