text: # author: Daniel Villano-Herrera
  # date: 7/1/2021
  
  # --------------- Section 3 --------------- #
  #  String Duplication / Pattern Recognition #
  
  # you may choose to use any symbol, it does not have to be the dollar sign
  
  # create the following pattern using string duplication and print statments:
  #
  # $
  # $$
  # $$$
  # $$$$
  # $$$$$
  
  print()
  print('@')
  print('@' * 2)
  print('@' * 3)
  print('@' * 4)
  print('@' * 5)
  
  # create the following pattern using string duplication and print statments:
  #
  # $$$$$
  # $$$$
  # $$$
  # $$
  # $
  
  print()
  print('@' * 5)
  print('@' * 4)
  print('@' * 3)
  print('@' * 2)
  print('@')
  # create the following pattern using string duplication and print statments:
  #
  #     $
  #    $$
  #   $$$
  #  $$$$
  # $$$$$
  print()
  print(' ' * 4 + '@')
  print(' ' * 3 + '@' * 2)
  print(' ' * 2 + '@' * 3)
  print(' ' + '@' * 4)
  print('@' * 5)
  
  # create the following pattern using string duplication and print statments:
  #
  # $$$$$
  #  $$$$
  #   $$$
  #    $$
  #     $
  
  print()
  print('@' * 5)
  print(' ' + '@' * 4)
  print(' ' * 2 + '@' * 3)
  print(' ' * 3 + '@' * 2)
  print(' ' * 4 + '@')