I am trying to use user-defined functions to print out an A out of stars, but i need help defining my function..help!!

Question

def horizline(col):
    for col in range (col):
        print("*", end='')
    print()

def vertline(rows, col):
    for rows in range (rows-2):
        print ("*", end='')
        for col in range (col-2):
            print(' ', end='')
        print("*")

def functionA(width):
    horizline(width)
    vertline(width)
    horizline(width)
    vertline(width)
    print()


def main():
    width=int(input("Please enter a width for the letter: "))
    length=int(input("Please enter a lenght for the letter: "))
    letter=input("Enter one of the capital letters: A ")
    if(width>=5 and width<=20):
        functionA(width)



    else:
        print("You have entered an incorrect value")

main()

Answer 1

vertline() takes two arguments but you only pass it one. Also, since there are two calls to it, you should take the height of the character and divide it by approximately 2 for each call. This means that you'll also need to pass the height to functionA().