C#Basics_ChristmasToy

using System;

namespace _5Question
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int number = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

            int width = 5 * number;
            int height = (2 * number) + 3;

            int firstrowstars = number;
            int firstrowdashes = (width - number) / 2;
            string firstrowofstars = new string('*', firstrowstars);
            string firstrowofdashes = new string('-', firstrowdashes);

            Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}{0}", firstrowofdashes, firstrowofstars); // REMINDER: first row & last row

            var dashessecondrow = (width - firstrowstars - 4) / 2;

            var andsymbol = number + 2;

            var starssecondrow = 1;                      //(number / 2 ) / 2 - doesn't work with bigger numbers.

            for (int row2 = 0; row2 < number / 2; row2++)    // REMINDER: reverse it for bottom part
            {
                string dashesforsecondrow = new string('-', dashessecondrow);
                string andsymbols = new string('&', andsymbol);
                string starsforsecondrow = new string('*', starssecondrow);
                Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}{2}{1}{0}", dashesforsecondrow, starsforsecondrow, andsymbols);

                dashessecondrow -= 2;
                andsymbol += 2;
                starssecondrow++;
            }

            dashessecondrow += 1;

            var waves = width - (dashessecondrow * 2) - 4;

            for (int row3 = 0; row3 < number / 2; row3++)
            {
                string dashesforsecondrow = new string('-', dashessecondrow);
                string wavesforsecondrow = new string('~', waves);

                Console.WriteLine("{0}**{1}**{0}", dashesforsecondrow, wavesforsecondrow);

                dashessecondrow--;
                waves += 2;
            }

            dashessecondrow++;

            var column = width - (dashessecondrow * 2) - 2;
            string dashesmidrow = new string('-', dashessecondrow);
            string columnrow = new string('|', column);
            Console.WriteLine("{0}*{1}*{0}", dashesmidrow, columnrow);

            waves -= 2;

            for (int row3 = 0; row3 < number / 2; row3++)
            {
                string dashesforsecondrow = new string('-', dashessecondrow);
                string wavesforsecondrow = new string('~', waves);
                Console.WriteLine("{0}**{1}**{0}", dashesforsecondrow, wavesforsecondrow);
                waves -= 2;
                dashessecondrow++;
            }

            andsymbol -= 2;
            starssecondrow--;

            for (int row2 = 0; row2 < number / 2; row2++)    // REMINDER: reverse it for bottom part
            {
                string dashesforsecondrow = new string('-', dashessecondrow);
                string andsymbols = new string('&', andsymbol);
                string starsforsecondrow = new string('*', starssecondrow);
                Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}{2}{1}{0}", dashesforsecondrow, starsforsecondrow, andsymbols);

                dashessecondrow += 2;
                andsymbol -= 2;
                starssecondrow--;
            }

            Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}{0}", firstrowofdashes, firstrowofstars);

        }
    }
}