diff --git a/lab_functions_101.py b/lab_functions_101.py
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+def print_pattern(n: int):
+  """Print a descending number pattern from n down to 1 in multiple lines."""
+  for i in range(n, 0, -1):
+        for j in range(i, 0, -1):
+             print(j, end=" ")
+        print()
+
+print_pattern(5)
+
+def pattern_as_string(n: int) -> str:
+    """Return the same descending number pattern as a single string."""
+    result = ""
+    for i in range(n, 0, -1):
+        for j in range(i, 0, -1):
+            result += str(j) + " "
+        result += "\n"
+    return result
+
+
+output = pattern_as_string(5)
+print(print_pattern.__doc__)
+
+print(output)
+
+
+
+