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Solution: Printing a Diamond Shape

Solution: Printing a Diamond Shape

Go over the implementation of printing the diamond shape by dry-running the complex pieces of code.

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Courtney's version

Ruby 3.1.2
space = " " 
space_count = 4 
7.times do |row|
    if row < 4
        space_count -= 1
        hash_count = row * 2 + 1 
        print space * space_count
    else
        space_count += 1
        hash_count = (7 - 1 - row) * 2 + 1 
        print space * space_count
    end
    puts '#' * hash_count 
end

Explanation

Courtney’s version uses print instead of puts to output the spaces. The print and puts statements are similar except puts outputs a newline character (indicating that the line has ended). Try replacing print in Courtney’s solution by puts ...