Python Spaced Triangle

Question

I\'m supposed to write a program that ends up such as this:

*     *
 *   *
  * *
   *

I have the code written for a regular one, but I\'m not s

Answer 1

Building on @kharazi's answer (because this reminds me of my early GWBasic programming which is what got me excited about programming as a kid):

def triangle(i, leftShape='*', rightShape='*', bottomShape='*', spaceShape=' ', t = 0):
    if i <= 0:
        print ((t+1)*spaceShape)+bottomShape+((t+1)*spaceShape)
    else:
        print (spaceShape*(t + 1))+leftShape+(spaceShape*(i*2-1))+rightShape+(spaceShape*(t + 1))
        triangle(i-1, leftShape, rightShape, bottomShape, spaceShape, t+1)

if __name__== '__main__':
    triangle(3)
    triangle(3, '\\', '/')
    triangle(3, '\\', '/', '~')
    triangle(5, '╚╗', '╔╝', '╚╦╝')
    triangle(5, '╚╗', '╔╝', '╚╦╝', '|')
    triangle(-2)

Produces the following output:

triangle(3)
 *     *
  *   *
   * *
    *

triangle(3, '\\', '/')
 \     /
  \   /
   \ /
    *

triangle(3, '\\', '/', '~')
 \     /
  \   /
   \ /
    ~

triangle(5, '╚╗', '╔╝', '╚╦╝')
 ╚╗         ╔╝
  ╚╗       ╔╝
   ╚╗     ╔╝
    ╚╗   ╔╝
     ╚╗ ╔╝
      ╚╦╝

triangle(5, '╚╗', '╔╝', '╚╦╝', '|')
|╚╗|||||||||╔╝|
||╚╗|||||||╔╝||
|||╚╗|||||╔╝|||
||||╚╗|||╔╝||||
|||||╚╗|╔╝|||||
||||||╚╦╝||||||

triangle(-2)
 *