Python program to print zig-zag pattern
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# Python program to print the given
# zigzag pattern
# Function to print the zigzag pattern
def printPattern(n):
var = 0
var = 1
for i in range(1, n + 1):
# for odd rows
if(i % 2 != 0):
# calculate starting value
var = var + i - 1
for j in range(1, i + 1):
if(j == 1):
print(var, end = "")
else:
print("*", end = "")
print(var, end = "")
var += 1
else: # for even rows
var1 = var + i -1 # calculate starting value
for j in range(1, i + 1):
if(j == 1):
# prwithout star
print(var1, end = "")
else:
# prwith star
print("*", end = "")
print(var1, end = "")
var1 -= 1
print()
# Driver code
n = 5
printPattern(n)