using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Diamond
{
    class Diamond
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int n = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            int upperRows = n / 2 + (n % 2); // add 1 or 0 - depending on even/odd
           // int firstRow = n / 2;
            string star = "*";

            if (n%2 == 0 )
            {
                star = "**";
            }
            string dash = new string ('-', (n- star.Length)/2);

            Console.WriteLine(dash+star+dash);

            for (int row = 0; row < upperRows-1; row++)
            {
                string middleDashes = new string('-',star.Length+row*2);
                string sideDashes = new string('-',(n-2-middleDashes.Length)/2);
                Console.WriteLine(sideDashes+"*"+middleDashes+"*"+sideDashes);

            }
            int downRows = (n / 2) - n % 2;
            for (int lastRows = 1; lastRows < downRows+1; lastRows++)
            {
                string sideDashes = new string('-', lastRows);
                string middleDashes = new string('-', (n - sideDashes.Length* 2)-2);
                Console.WriteLine(sideDashes + "*" + middleDashes + "*" + sideDashes);
            }
            dash = new string('-', (n - star.Length) / 2);

            Console.WriteLine(dash + star + dash);
        }
    }
}