def p(x,c):
s=''
for i in range(x):
s+=c
print(s,end='')
def l(e,c,n):
for i in range(n):
p(e,' ')
p(c,'*')
print()
l(4,2,2)
l(3,4,7)
l(0,10,3)
Note that non-ascii characters in the above source code will be escaped (such as \x9f).