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Add hollow_diamond_alphabet function for printing alphabet diamond patterns.
Describe your change:
Certainly. I'll summarize the changes made to the program:
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Input Validation Enhancement:
- More comprehensive input checks were added in the
hollow_diamond_alphabetfunction. - A new
get_valid_inputfunction was created to handle user input separately.
- More comprehensive input checks were added in the
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Error Handling Improvement:
- Implemented specific error messages for different types of invalid input.
- Added try-except block to catch ValueError for non-integer inputs.
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User Interface Updates:
- Added option for the user to quit the program by entering 'q'.
- Implemented a loop to allow multiple pattern generations in one session.
- Included success messages after successful pattern printing.
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Code Structure Reorganization:
- Split the code into three main functions for better modularity:
a.
hollow_diamond_alphabet: Pattern generation b.get_valid_input: Input handling and validation c.main: Overall program flow control
- Split the code into three main functions for better modularity:
a.
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Function Return Values:
- Modified
hollow_diamond_alphabetto return a boolean indicating success or failure. -
get_valid_inputnow returns the validated input or None if the user quits.
- Modified
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Main Function Addition:
- Introduced a
mainfunction to control the program's flow. - Implemented the if
__name__ == "__main__":idiom for proper script execution.
- Introduced a
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Improved Readability:
- Added more comments and docstrings for better code understanding.
- Improved spacing and formatting for clearer code structure.
These changes make the program more robust, user-friendly, and adherent to good programming practices. The program now handles various edge cases and provides a better interactive experience for the user while maintaining its core functionality of generating hollow diamond patterns with alphabet characters.
- [ ✓] Add an algorithm?
- [✓ ] Fix a bug or typo in an existing algorithm?
- [ ] Add or change doctests? -- Note: Please avoid changing both code and tests in a single pull request.
- [ ] Documentation change?
Checklist:
- [ ✓] I have read CONTRIBUTING.md.
- [✓ ] This pull request is all my work -- I have not plagiarized.
- [✓ ] I know that pull requests will not be merged if they fail the automated tests.
- [ ✓] This PR only changes one algorithm file. To ease review, please open separate PRs for separate algorithms.
- [✓ ] All new Python files are placed inside an existing directory.
- [✓ ] All filenames are in all lowercase characters with no spaces or dashes.
- [✓ ] All functions and variable names follow Python naming conventions.
- [ ✓] All function parameters and return values are annotated with Python type hints.
- [ ✓] All functions have doctests that pass the automated testing.
- [ ✓] All new algorithms include at least one URL that points to Wikipedia or another similar explanation.
- [✓ ] If this pull request resolves one or more open issues then the description above includes the issue number(s) with a closing keyword: "Fixes #12107 ".