#include #include // say what standard-library names we use using std::cin; using std::endl; using std::cout; using std::string; int main() { // ask for the person's name cout << "Please enter your first name: "; // read the name string name; cin >> name; // build the message that we intend to write const string greeting = "Hello, " + name + "!"; // the number of blanks surrounding the greeting const int pad = 1; // 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 separate 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 (r == pad + 1 && c == pad + 1) { cout << greeting; c += greeting.size(); } else { // are we on the border? if (r == 0 || r == rows - 1 || c == 0 || c == cols - 1) cout << "*"; else cout << " "; ++c; } } cout << endl; } return 0; }