You can use string repetition (string*number) to multiply 1 "*" to be the correct length. Recall the len() returns the length of a string, and work out from there what to multiply "*" by.
(string*number)
"*"
I used len(name) + 4 to add '*'
You can take the sum of the string's length, 2 spaces, and 2 signs. Then multiply the sign by that number
String multiplication: ('' some integer). That integer should be related to len(name) (count the number of stars before and after the name starts!).
you can pull the nname len out then the amount of '' needed