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Lesson 4.1 · Write it

Greeting with a border

A whole programPython or Java6 tests, 3 of them hidden

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Write a program that reads a name and prints a greeting framed by two identical border lines.

  1. Read one name on a single line.
  2. Print ---------- (ten hyphens) on the first line.
  3. Print Hello, followed by the name, then ! on the second line.
  4. Print ---------- (ten hyphens) on the third line.

Define a function that prints the border line, and call it for both borders.

The name is always one word. Your program is run several times. Only what it prints is checked.

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Examples

Your program is run 6 times: the 3 examples below, and 3 hidden ones that check the rules above. Only what it prints is checked.

  • a name with a border above and below (rules 2, 3, 4)

    You type

    1. typed: Alice

    It prints

    ----------
Hello, Alice!
----------

  • a different name (rule 3)

    You type

    1. typed: Bob

    It prints

    ----------
Hello, Bob!
----------

  • a single-character name (rule 3)

    You type

    1. typed: X

    It prints

    ----------
Hello, X!
----------
solution.pySolution.java