Diamond

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

namespace Diamond
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int size = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            int slash = 0;
            int halfSize = (size - 1) / 2;
            int star = 0;

            if (size % 2 == 0)
            {
                star = 2;
                slash = 2;
            }
            else
            {
                star = 1;
                slash = 1;
            }

            Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}{0}", new string('-', (size - 1) / 2), new string('*', star));


            for (int i = 0; i < halfSize; i++)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0}*{1}*{0}", new string('-', (size - 2 - slash) / 2), new string('-', slash ));
                slash += 2;
            }

            slash = size - 4;

            for (int i = halfSize - 1; i > 0; i--)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0}*{1}*{0}", new string('-', (size - 2 - slash) / 2), new string('-', slash));
                slash -= 2;
            }

            if (size > 2)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}{0}", new string('-', (size - 1) / 2), new string('*', star));
            }
        }
    }
}