// answer to coding question #3
// using an auxiliary function to help build up strings

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

string hob_maker(string end, string mid, int n)
{
	string tmp = "";
	for (int i=2; i<n; i++)
	{
		tmp = tmp + mid;
	}
	return end + tmp + end + "\n";
}

void hob(int n)
{
	cout << hob_maker(hob_maker("+","*", n), hob_maker("#","x",n), n);
}

int main()
{
	hob(6);
}