dim = int(input("Enter the size of the diamond: "))
area = int(input('Enter the numer of times to be printed: '))
 
def diamond(size, times):
    for j in range(times):
        for i in range(size):
            print (" "*(size-i) + "* " * i +" "*(size-i))*times
 
        for i in range(size+1):
            print (" "*(i) + "* "*(size-i)

>>> import re
>>> s = "text45677text82"
>>> rxp = re.compile("[A-Za-z]")
>>> re.split(rxp,s)
['', '', '', '', '45677', '', '', '', '82']
>>>

#coding: UTF-8

unicode(string) #or when you create the string:
a = u"string"

>>> l=[0,'f',0,1,1,1,0,'a',8]
>>> " ".join([str(i) for i in l[:3]])
'0 f 0'

>>> dd = {}
>>> dd["add"] = lambda x, y: x+y

def acronymPhrase(phrase):

    return "".join([x[0] for x in phrase.split()])

if __name__ == "__main__":

    print (acronymPhrase(raw_input("Give a phrase: ")))

Give a phrase: I Am A Little Bee
IAALB
>>>

else: print ('x is the largest')

a = []
for i in range(1,4):
	a.append(i)

	
print a
>>> [1, 2, 3]

test2.a.test1()

import test2
# to:
from test2 import *