We use cookies to ensure you have the best browsing experience on our website. Please read our cookie policy for more information about how we use cookies.
  • Hackerrank Home
  • Practice
  • Certification
  • Compete
  • Career Fair
  • Hiring developers?
  1. Practice
  2. Python
  3. Strings
  4. Alphabet Rangoli

Alphabet Rangoli

Problem
Submissions
Leaderboard
Discussions
Editorial

You are given an integer, . Your task is to print an alphabet rangoli of size . (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 alphabet letter (in alphabetical order).

Input Format

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

Constraints

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--------

Author

[deleted]

Difficulty

Easy

Max Score

20

Submitted By

80100

Need Help?


View discussions
View editorial
View top submissions

rate this challenge

MORE DETAILS

Download problem statement
Download sample test cases
Suggest Edits
  • Contest Calendar
  • Blog
  • Scoring
  • Environment
  • FAQ
  • About Us
  • Support
  • Careers
  • Terms Of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Request a Feature