On Sunday, March 2, 2014 4:43:48 PM UTC+2, geni... at gmail.com wrote: > I agree with you and really appreciate your experience. But what I was looking for is clues. Thank you anyway #not tested for i in range(n): for j in range(n*2): if i in (0, n - 1) or j in (0, n*2 - 1): print('o', end='') else: print(' ', end='') print()