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Extendify the ASCII Sun

Write a program that takes in (via STDIN/command line) a non-negative integer N.

When N is 0, your program should print O (that's capital Oh, not zero).

When N is 1, your program should print

\|/
-O-
/|\

When N is 2 your program should print

\ | /
 \|/
--O--
 /|\
/ | \

When N is 3 your program should print

\  |  /
 \ | /
  \|/
---O---
  /|\
 / | \
/  |  \

For larger N, this pattern continues on in the same exact fashion. Each of the eight rays of the "sun" should be made of N of the appropriate -, |, /, or \ characters.

Details

  • Instead of a program, you may write a function that takes an integer. The function should print the sun design normally or return it as a string.

  • You must either

    • have no trailing spaces at all, or
    • only have enough trailing spaces so the pattern is a perfect (2N+1)*(2N+1) rectangle.
  • The output for any or all N may optionally have a trailing newline.

Scoring

The shortest code in bytes wins.

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