Star Pattern Coding | Dataford Interview Questions

Write a program to print a specific star pattern, such as a pyramid or diamond.

Implement print_star_pattern(n, pattern), where n is the number of stars in the widest row and pattern is either "pyramid" or "diamond". Return the pattern as a newline-separated string without a trailing newline. For example, n = 3 with "pyramid" returns `" *

*
- *", while n = 2with"diamond"returns" *

*"`.

Constraints

1 <= n <= 100
pattern is either "pyramid" or "diamond"
Stars in each row are separated by one space
The returned string has no trailing newline

Function Signature

def print_star_pattern(n, pattern):

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