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💻 Python Challenge: The Gemsmith's Diamond

🧩 Scenario:

You’ve been recruited by the OASIS Guild of Gemsmiths. Your task? Forge a perfect digital diamond from asterisks (*). The diamond must be symmetrical, centered, and formed entirely using loops — no string multiplication allowed until the bonus!

Your program will prompt the user to enter a number — the height of the diamond’s top half (not counting the middle line twice). For example, if the user enters 3, your output should look like:

🎯 Requirements:

✅ The user enters an integer height between 2 and 10.
✅ The program must validate the input and prompt again if out of range.
✅ The top half of the diamond (including the middle) should be built using a loop.
✅ The bottom half (mirrored) should also use a loop.
✅ The output must be centered — spacing matters!
✅ Do not use str.center() or '*' * n — build the lines manually using loops.
✅ Use only loops and string concatenation to build each line of output.

🧠 Bonus Challenges:

🔁 Loopless Trickery: Try using string multiplication like '*' * i to build a version.
- - Must use statements like: '*' * i or ' ' * n
💎 Diamond Outline: Don't fill the diamond in!!
🌈 Color the Diamond: Use ANSI escape codes to print the top in one color, and the bottom in another.

📜 Example Output

You'll see examples of the basic program output here.

You can see one filled in, and the other one just the outline
I've also included one with a menu so you can see which options I've included!

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