1. Please leave comments on the code below as explanations of what it does: def repeatChar(numRepeats, outputChar): ''' output the outputChar numRepeats times ''' for colNo in range(numRepeats): print(outputChar, end='') def Parrallelogram(side, char): for i in range(side): repeatChar(i+1, char) print() for i in range(side): repeatChar(i+1, ' ') repeatChar(side-i-1, char) print() def outlineParallelogram(side, char): for i in range(side): if (i < 1): repeatChar(1, char) elif(i == 1): repeatChar(2, char) else: repeatChar(1, char) repeatChar(i-1, ' ') repeatChar(1, char) print() for i in range(side-1): if (i == side-2): repeatChar(side-1, ' ') repeatChar(1, char) else: repeatChar(i+1, ' ') repeatChar(1, char) repeatChar(side-i-3, ' ') repeatChar(1, char) print() print('This program will show a parallelogram and its outline') number = int(input('How long do you want each side to be? ')) character = input('Enter the character: ') Parrallelogram(number, character) outlineParallelogram(number, character) print()
1. Please leave comments on the code below as explanations of what it does:
def repeatChar(numRepeats, outputChar):
'''
output the outputChar numRepeats times
'''
for colNo in range(numRepeats):
print(outputChar, end='')
def Parrallelogram(side, char):
for i in range(side):
repeatChar(i+1, char)
print()
for i in range(side):
repeatChar(i+1, ' ')
repeatChar(side-i-1, char)
print()
def outlineParallelogram(side, char):
for i in range(side):
if (i < 1):
repeatChar(1, char)
elif(i == 1):
repeatChar(2, char)
else:
repeatChar(1, char)
repeatChar(i-1, ' ')
repeatChar(1, char)
print()
for i in range(side-1):
if (i == side-2):
repeatChar(side-1, ' ')
repeatChar(1, char)
else:
repeatChar(i+1, ' ')
repeatChar(1, char)
repeatChar(side-i-3, ' ')
repeatChar(1, char)
print()
print('This program will show a parallelogram and its outline')
number = int(input('How long do you want each side to be? '))
character = input('Enter the character: ')
Parrallelogram(number, character)
outlineParallelogram(number, character)
print()
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