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 n = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

            var leftRight = (n - 1) / 2;
            for (int i = 1; i <= (n - 1) / 2; i++)
            { // Draw the top part
                Console.Write(new string('-', leftRight));
                Console.Write("*");
                var mid = n - 2 * leftRight - 2;
                if (mid >= 0)
                {
                    Console.Write(new string('-', mid));
                    Console.Write("*");
                }
                Console.WriteLine(new string('-', leftRight));
                leftRight--;
            } // TODO: Draw the bottom part
        }
    }
}*/

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 stars;
            if (n % 2 == 0)
                stars = 2;
            else
                stars = 1;

            if (n > 2)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}{0}", new string('-', (n - stars) / 2), new string('*', stars));
                int dashes = ((n - stars) / 2) - 1;

                for (int i = 0; i < (n - 3) / 2; i++)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("{0}*{1}*{0}", new string('-', dashes), new string('-', stars + (2 * i)));
                    dashes--;
                }
                Console.WriteLine("*{0}*", new string('-', n - 2));

                for (int i = ((n - 3) / 2) - 1; i >= 0; i--)
                {
                    dashes++;
                    Console.WriteLine("{0}*{1}*{0}", new string('-', dashes), new string('-', stars + (2 * i)));
                }
                Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}{0}", new string('-', (n - stars) / 2), new string('*', stars));

            }
            else
                Console.WriteLine(new string('*', stars));
        }
    }
}


/* for (int row = 0; row < n; row++)
 {

     Console.Write(new string('-', n - row - 1));
     for (int col = 0; col <= row; col++)
     {
         Console.Write('*');
         Console.Write('-');

     }
     Console.WriteLine();
 }
 for (int row = n - 1; row > 0; row--)
 {
     Console.Write(new string('-', n - row));
     for (int col = 0; col < row; col++)
     {
         Console.Write('*');
         Console.Write('-');
     }
     Console.WriteLine();
 }

}

}
}*/