蓝桥杯赛题——打印菱形

打印菱形

给出菱形的边长，在控制台上打印出一个菱形来。
当边长为8时，菱形为：

.......*
......*.*
.....*...*
....*.....*
...*.......*
..*.........*
.*...........*
*.............*
.*...........*
..*.........*
...*.......*
....*.....*
.....*...*
......*.*
.......*

a = int(input())
for i in range(a):
    for j in range(a-i):
        print('.',end="")
    print('*',end="")
    for j in range(2*i-1):
        print('.', end="")
    if i!= 0:
        print('*')
    else:
        print()

for i in range(a+1):
    for j in range(i):
        print('.',end="")
    print('*', end="")
    for j in range(2*a-2*i-1, 0, -1):
        print('.', end="")
    if i == a:
        print()
    else:
        print('*')