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+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+#define PADDING 1
+
+using std::cin;
+using std::cout;
+using std::endl;
+using std::string;
+
+int main(void) {
+	string name;
+
+	const int pad = PADDING;
+	const int rows = pad * 2 + 3 ; // * 2 blanks + (greeting+borders)
+
+	cout << "Type your name: ";
+	cin >> name;
+
+	// Build the message to write
+	const string greeting = "Hello, " + name + "!";
+
+	// pad * 2 blank borders + 2 * edges
+	const string::size_type cols = greeting.size() + pad * 2 + 2;
+
+	cout << std::endl;
+
+	// Write 'rows' rows of output
+	// invariant: we have written 'r' rows
+	for (int r = 0; r != rows; r++) {
+		string::size_type c = 0;
+
+		while (c < cols) {
+			if ( r == pad + 1 && c == pad + 1) {
+				cout << greeting;
+				c += greeting.size();
+			} else {
+				if (r == 0 || r == rows - 1 ||
+				    c == 0 || c == cols - 1)
+					cout << "*";
+				else
+					cout << " ";
+				c++;
+			}
+		}
+
+		cout << std::endl;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}