PatternPy

h = int(input("Height: "))
Total = 0
for row in range(h):
    for col in range (h):
        if(row == h-1 or col == 0 or row == col):
            print ("*", end = " ")
            Total += 1
        else:
            print(end = "  ")
    print()
print("Total: ", Total)