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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;
}