# CSE 142, Summer 2008 (Kim Todd)
# This program draws lines and boxes of stars.

# Draws a box of stars with the given width/height,
# and using an optional outline character (default of "*").
def box(width, height, outline="*"):
    print width * outline
    for i in range(height - 2):
        print outline + (width - 2) * " " + outline
    print width * outline

# main
print 13 * "*"
print  7 * "*"
print 35 * "*"
print

box(10, 3)
box(5, 4)
box(7, 5, "#")
box(20, 4, "$")