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Pascal triangle

Level: Intermediate (score: 3)

A Pascal triangle is a triangular array of integers constructed with the following characteristics:

1. The first row consists of the number 1.

2. For each subsequent row, each element is the sum of the numbers directly above it, on either side.

Here is an example of the first 5 rows:

    1

   1 1

  1 2 1

 1 3 3 1

1 4 6 4 1

Exercise

Given an input N, return the Nth row of Pascal's triangle in a list.

Example for N = 5

>>> pascal(N) 

 [1, 4, 6, 4, 1]