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Please help!! I don't understand most of the code. Please leave comments as explanations on every line of the code.

 

 

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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