[Nil]

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env python diamond = [" *"," ***"," *****","*******"," *****"," ***"," *"] var = 0 while var == 0: while var < 7: print diamond[var] var += 1

Whilst technically the first loop does absolutely nothing, it does actually count as a loop and so the second loop counts as the nested loop so yeah, 8 lines long, would love more challenges like this!

For gosh sake, use Python 3+!
I'll let this one pass because I like it, but... technically wouldn't this be printing multiple asterisks each iteration breaking one of the rules? What do you think?

[Megan]

For gosh sake, use Python 3+!
I'll let this one pass because I like it, but... technically wouldn't this be printing multiple asterisks each iteration breaking one of the rules? What do you think?

Well technically it's printing them in a loop, yeah it does break the rule you specified about single printing.

So I will re-do the challenge and make it print singularly.

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env python symbol = "*" var = 1 rnd = 0 tim = 0 while var == 1: while tim < 9: if var == 1 and rnd == 0: print " " + symbol var += 2 tim += 1 elif var == 3 and rnd == 0: print " " + symbol * var var += 2 tim += 1 elif var == 5 and rnd == 0: print " " + symbol * var var += 2 tim += 1 elif var == 7 and rnd == 0: print symbol * var rnd = 1 tim += 1 elif var == 7 and rnd == 1: var -= 2 tim += 1 print " " + symbol * var elif var == 5 and rnd == 1: var -= 2 tim += 1 print " " + symbol * var elif var == 3 and rnd == 1: var -= 2 tim += 1 print " " + symbol * var exit()

There we go @GOD I managed to adhere to the only printing it once rule.

[Nil]

Well technically it's printing them in a loop, yeah it does break the rule you specified about single printing.

So I will re-do the challenge and make it print singularly.

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env python symbol = "*" var = 1 rnd = 0 tim = 0 while var == 1: while tim < 9: if var == 1 and rnd == 0: print " " + symbol var += 2 tim += 1 elif var == 3 and rnd == 0: print " " + symbol * var var += 2 tim += 1 elif var == 5 and rnd == 0: print " " + symbol * var var += 2 tim += 1 elif var == 7 and rnd == 0: print symbol * var rnd = 1 tim += 1 elif var == 7 and rnd == 1: var -= 2 tim += 1 print " " + symbol * var elif var == 5 and rnd == 1: var -= 2 tim += 1 print " " + symbol * var elif var == 3 and rnd == 1: var -= 2 tim += 1 print " " + symbol * var exit()

There we go @GOD I managed to adhere to the only printing it once rule.

Nice! What is the point of exit()? Is that just if you're running through the interpreter?

[Megan]

Nice! What is the point of exit()? Is that just if you're running through the interpreter?

the loop doesn't break properly and I cba to fix it when I'm this tired so it's a dirty way to end the python script.

[Nil]

the loop doesn't break properly and I cba to fix it when I'm this tired so it's a dirty way to end the python script.

Oh okay. It actually bothered me because when I run the script it automatically brings up a prompt asking me to kill the program, and clicking yes ends the shell.

[Megan]

Oh okay. It actually bothered me because when I run the script it automatically brings up a prompt asking me to kill the program, and clicking yes ends the shell.

haha yeah, I just use linux terminals so it exits for me.