def diamond4(n):
l = []
l.append('*' * n)
for i in range(n - 2, 0, -2):
s = ' ' * ((n - i) / 2) + '*' * i
l.insert(0, s)
l.append(s)
print '\n'.join(l)
diamond4(5)
diamond4(7)
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