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)

print(123)

#question1.py
def rose(n) :
  if n==0 : 
    yield []
  else :
    for k in range(0,n) :    
      for l in rose(k) :
        for r in rose(n-1-k) :      
            yield [l]+[r]+[r]
            
def start(n) :
  for x in rose(n) : 
      print(x) #basically I am printing x for each rose(n) file


print("starting program: \n")
start(2) # here is where I call the start function

# Python code to demonstrate
# method to remove i'th character
# Naive Method

# Initializing String
test_str = "CodeCatch"

# Printing original string
print ("The original string is : " + test_str)

# Removing char at pos 3
# using loop
new_str = ""

for i in range(len(test_str)):
	if i != 2:
		new_str = new_str + test_str[i]

# Printing string after removal
print ("The string after removal of i'th character : " + new_str)

bytes_data = b'Hello, World!'
string_data = bytes_data.decode('utf-8')
print("String:", string_data)

magnitude = lambda bits: 1_000_000_000_000_000_000 % (2 ** bits)
sign = lambda bits: -1 ** (1_000_000_000_000_000_000 // (2 ** bits))

print("64 bit sum:", magnitude(64) * sign(64))
print("32 bit sum:", magnitude(32) * sign(32))
print("16 bit sum:", magnitude(16) * sign(16))