Alphabet Rangoli in Python HackerRank Solution

Problem

You are given an integer, N. Your task is to print an alphabet rangoli of size N. (Rangoli is a form of Indian folk art based on creation of patterns.)

Different sizes of alphabet rangoli are shown below:

#size 3----c------c-b-c--c-b-a-b-c--c-b-c------c----#size 5--------e--------------e-d-e----------e-d-c-d-e------e-d-c-b-c-d-e--e-d-c-b-a-b-c-d-e--e-d-c-b-c-d-e------e-d-c-d-e----------e-d-e--------------e--------#size 10------------------j----------------------------------j-i-j------------------------------j-i-h-i-j--------------------------j-i-h-g-h-i-j----------------------j-i-h-g-f-g-h-i-j------------------j-i-h-g-f-e-f-g-h-i-j--------------j-i-h-g-f-e-d-e-f-g-h-i-j----------j-i-h-g-f-e-d-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j------j-i-h-g-f-e-d-c-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j--j-i-h-g-f-e-d-c-b-a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j--j-i-h-g-f-e-d-c-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j------j-i-h-g-f-e-d-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j----------j-i-h-g-f-e-d-e-f-g-h-i-j--------------j-i-h-g-f-e-f-g-h-i-j------------------j-i-h-g-f-g-h-i-j----------------------j-i-h-g-h-i-j--------------------------j-i-h-i-j------------------------------j-i-j----------------------------------j------------------

The center of the rangoli has the first alphabet letter a, and the boundary has the Nth alphabet letter (in alphabetical order).

Input Format :

Only one line of input containing N, the size of the rangoli.

Constraints :

  • 0 < N < 27

Output Format :

Print the alphabet rangoli in the format explained above.

Sample Input :

5

Sample Output :

--------e--------------e-d-e----------e-d-c-d-e------e-d-c-b-c-d-e--e-d-c-b-a-b-c-d-e--e-d-c-b-c-d-e------e-d-c-d-e----------e-d-e--------------e--------

Alphabet Rangoli in Python HackerRank Solution

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