accelerated 2-5-4

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;
//say what standard-libary names we use
using std::cin;
using std::cout;

int main()
{
	//ask for person's name
	cout << "Please enter your name: ";

	//read the name
	string name;
	cin >> name;

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

	//the number of blanks surrounding greeting
	const int pad = 1;

	//the number of rows and columns to write
	const int rows = pad * 2 + 3;
	const string::size_type cols = greeting.size() + pad * 2 + 2;

	//write a blank line to separate the output from the input
	cout << endl;

	//write rows rows of output
	//invariant:we have written r rows so far
	for (int r = 0; r != rows; ++r)
		{
		string::size_type c = 0;

		//invariant:we have written c characters so far in the currents row
		while (c != cols)
		{
			//is it time to write the greeting?
			if (r == pad + 1 && c == pad + 1)
			{
				cout << greeting;
				c += greeting.size();
			}
			else
			{
				//are we on the border?
				if (r == 0 || r == rows - 1 || c == 0 || c == cols - 1)
					cout << "*";
				else
					cout << " ";
				++c;
			}
		}
		cout << endl;

		}
	return 0;
}