def fireworks(size: int) -> None: # Initializing size = size if size % 2 != 0 else size + 1 half_height: int = size // 2 lines: list[str] = [] # Drawing the top layer for row_index in range(half_height): outer_padding: str = " " * row_index inner_gap: str = " " * (half_height - 1 - row_index) lines.append(f"{outer_padding}\\{inner_gap}|{inner_gap}/") # Drawing the middle layer lines.append("-" * size) # Drawing the bottom layer (ez copy paste) for row_index in range(half_height - 1, -1, -1): outer_padding: str = " " * row_index inner_gap: str = " " * (half_height - 1 - row_index) lines.append(f"{outer_padding}/{inner_gap}|{inner_gap}\\") print("\n".join(lines))