def print_x_pattern(size):
    i,j = 0,size - 1

    while j >= 0 and i < size:

        initial_spaces = ' '*min(i,j)
        middle_spaces = ' '*(abs(i - j) - 1)
        final_spaces = ' '*(size - 1 - max(i,j))

        if j == i:
            print(initial_spaces + '*' + final_spaces)
        else:
            print(initial_spaces + '*' + middle_spaces + '*' + final_spaces)

        i += 1
        j -= 1

print_x_pattern(7)

from collections import Counter

def find_parity_outliers(nums):
  return [
    x for x in nums
    if x % 2 != Counter([n % 2 for n in nums]).most_common()[0][0]
  ]

find_parity_outliers([1, 2, 3, 4, 6]) # [1, 3]

# importing the modules
import os
import shutil

# getting the current working directory
src_dir = os.getcwd()

# printing current directory
print(src_dir) 

# copying the files
shutil.copyfile('test.txt', 'test.txt.copy2') #copy src to dst

# printing the list of new files
print(os.listdir())

#84 48 13 20 61 20 33 97 34 45 6 63 71 66 24 57 92 74 6 25 51 86 48 15 64 55 77 30 56 53 37 99 9 59 57 61 30 97 50 63 59 62 39 32 34 4 96 51 8 86 10 62 16 55 81 88 71 25 27 78 79 88 92 50 16 8 67 82 67 37 84 3 33 4 78 98 39 64 98 94 24 82 45 3 53 74 96 9 10 94 13 79 15 27 56 66 32 81 77
# xor a list of integers to find the lonely integer
res = a[0]
    for i in range(1,len(a)):
        res = res ^ a[i]

import subprocess

class CommandRunner:
    def run_command(self, command):
        command_process = subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
        output = command_process.communicate()[0].strip()
        return_code = command_process.returncode
        return output, return_code

def main():
    # Create instance of CommandRunner
    runner = CommandRunner()
    
    # Define the command
    command = 'ping -c 4 localhost'
    
    try:
        # Run the command and get output and return code
        output, return_code = runner.run_command(command)
        
        # Print the output and return code
        print(f"Command output:\n{output}")
        print(f"Return code: {return_code}")
        
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

# Input for row and column
R = int(input())
C = int(input())

# Using list comprehension for input
matrix = [[int(input()) for x in range (C)] for y in range(R)]