Get formatting to work with function

thinkcspy/Chapter-16-Exercises/pascal.py

@@ -4,16 +4,22 @@ def pascal(row):
     if row < 0:
         return
     else:     
-        if row <= 2:
-            num = 1
-        #elif row > 2 print 
-        
         for i in range(row+1):
-            if i == 0:
+            spaces = ("  "*(row-i)) 
-                continue
+            nums = f"{getbinomial(num, i)} "
-            else:
+            print(spaces + nums + spaces)
-                print(("  "*(row-i)) + (f"  {num} "*i) + (" "*(row-i)))
 
+    # if row == 0 or 1: num = 1
+    # the first and last instance of i always == 1
+    #elif row % 2 == 0:
+    #   increase until the middle number then decrease
+    #elif row % 2 == 1:
+    #   increase until the halfway point, then decrease
+
+
+def getbinomial(num, iters):
+   
+   return f"{num+iters}   " * iters
 
 pascal(8)