// Ask for a person's name, and generate a framed greeting

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main () {
    std::cout << "Please enter your first name: ";
    std::string name;
    std::cin >> name;

    // build the message that we intend to write
    const std::string greeting = "Hello, " + name + "!";

    // build the second and fourth lines of output
    const std::string spaces (greeting.size(), ' ');
    const std::string second = "* " + spaces + " *";

    // build the first and fifth line of output
    const std::string first(second.size(), '*');

    // write everything
    std::cout << std::endl;
    std::cout << first << std::endl;
    std::cout << second << std::endl;
    std::cout << "* " << greeting << " *" << std::endl;
    std::cout << second << std::endl;
    std::cout << first << std::endl;
    std::cin.get();
    return 0;

}