#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(){
int m,n;
cin>>m>>n;
int w=m+n-1;
for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){
for(int j=1;j<=w;j++){
if(j-i>=0&&j-i<=m-1||w+1-i-j>=0&&w+1-i-j<=m-1){
cout<<"*";
}else{
cout<<".";
}
}
cout<<endl;
}
return 0;
}
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(){
int m,n;
cin>>m>>n;
int w=m+n-1;
for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){
for(int j=1;j<=w;j++){
if(j-i>=0&&j-i<=m-1||w+1-i-j>=0&&w+1-i-j<=m-1){
cout<<"*";
}else{
cout<<".";
}
}
cout<<endl;
}
return 0;
}