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+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+int main(void) {
+
+	std::string name;
+
+	std::cout << "Please enter your first name: ";
+	std::cin >> name;
+
+	// Build the welcome msg
+	const std::string greeting = "Hello, " + name + "!";
+
+	// blank rows
+	const int pad = 1;
+
+	// total number of rows to write 1 for greetings 2 for top and bottom
+	const int rows = pad * 2 + 3;
+	const std::string::size_type cols = greeting.size() + pad * 2 + 2;
+
+	// Separate output from input
+	std::cout << std::endl;
+
+	for (int r = 0; r != rows; r++) {
+
+		// size_type, defined by string class, defines the name of the
+		// appropriate type for holding the number of chars in a string.
+		std::string::size_type c = 0;
+
+		while (c != cols) {
+			if (r == pad + 1 && c == pad + 1) {
+				std::cout << greeting;
+				c += greeting.size();
+			} else {
+				if (r == 0 || r == rows - 1 ||
+				    c == 0 || c == cols - 1)
+					std::cout << "*";
+				else
+					std::cout << " ";
+				c++;
+			}
+			// write one or more chars
+			// adjust the value of c to maintain the invariant
+		}
+		// write a row of output
+		std::cout << std::endl;
+	}
+
+	// build the second and fourth lines of the output
+	const std::string spaces(greeting.size(), ' ');
+	const std::string second = "* " + spaces + " *";
+
+	// build the first and fifth lines of the output
+	const std::string first(second.size(), '*');
+
+	// Write everything
+	std::cout << std::endl;
+	std::cout << first << std::endl;
+	std::cout << second << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "* " << greeting << " *" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << second << std::endl;
+	std::cout << first << std::endl;
+
+	const std::string ex = "!";
+	const std::string msg = "hello" + ex;
+	std::cout << msg << std::endl;
+
+	{ const std::string s = "a string";
+		std::cout << s << std::endl; }
+	{ const std::string s = "another string";
+		std::cout << s << std::endl; }
+
+	{ const std::string s = "a string";
+		std::cout << s << std::endl;
+		{ const std::string s = "another string";
+			std::cout << s << std::endl; }}
+
+	std::cout << "What is your name? ";
+	std::string n;
+	std::cin >> n;
+	std::cout << "Hello, " << n
+		<< std::endl << "And what is yours? ";
+	std::cin >> n;
+	std::cout << "Hello, " << n
+		<< "; nice to meet you too!" << std::endl;
+
+	return 0;
+}