#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
#include <cstdlib>

using std::cin;     using std::endl;
using std::cout;    using std::string;

int main()
{
    // ask for the person's name.

    cout << "Enter your first name: ";
    
    // read the name.

    string name;
    cin >> name;
    
    // user defined blanks surrounding the greeting.

    cout << "Enter the amount of padding you would like: ";
    int pad;
    cin >> pad;
    
    // hold the message that we intend to write.

    string greeting = "Hello, " + name + "!";
    
    // the number of rows and columns to write.

    const int rows = pad * 2 + 3;
    const string::size_type cols = greeting.size() + pad * 2 + 2;
    
    // write a blank line to seperate the output from the input.

    cout << endl;
    
    // write "rows" rows of output.

    // invariant: we have written "r" rows so far.

    for(int r = 0; r != rows; ++r) {
        
        string::size_type c = 0;
        
        //invariant: we have written "c" characters so far in the current row.

        while(c != cols) {
            
            // is it time to write the greeting?

            if(c == pad + 1 && r == pad + 1) {
                cout << greeting;
                c += greeting.size();
            } else {
                
                // are we on the border?

                if (c == 0 || r == rows - 1 ||
                    r == 0 || c == cols - 1)
                    cout << "*";
                else
                    cout << " ";
                ++c;
            }
        }
        
        cout << endl;
    }
    
    system ("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}