using System;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

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

var leftRight = (n - 1) / 2;

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for (var i = 1; i <= (n-1) / 2; i++)

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{

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  Console.Write(new string('-', leftRight));

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  Console.Write("*");

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  var mid = n - 2 * leftRight - 2;

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  if (mid >= 0)

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  {

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    Console.Write(new string('-', mid));

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    Console.Write("*");

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  }

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  Console.WriteLine(new string('-', leftRight));

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  leftRight--;

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}

        for (var i = 1; i <= (n-1) / 2; i--)

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{

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  Console.Write(new string('-', leftRight));

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  Console.Write("*");

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  var mid = n - 2 * leftRight - 2;

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  if (mid >= 0)

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  {

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    Console.Write(new string('-', mid));

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    Console.Write("*");

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  }

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  Console.WriteLine(new string('-', leftRight));

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  leftRight++;

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}

    } 

}