1    /* 
2     * Program to draw rectangles of stars in the standard output stream. The 
3     *  dimensions of the rectangle are read from the standard input stream. 
4     */
5    
6    package npw;
7    
8    import java.util.Scanner;
9    
10   public class TextRectangles {
11       public static void main(String[] args) {
12           System.out.print("number of rows? ");
13           Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
14           int nrOfRows = sc.nextInt();
15           System.out.print("number of columns?");
16           Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
17           int nrOfColumns = scanner.nextInt();
18           drawRectangle(nrOfRows, nrOfColumns);
19       }
20   
21   
22       private static void drawRectangle(int nrOfRows, int nrOfColumns) {
23           int i = 1;
24           while ( i <= nrOfRows) {
25               drawOneRow(nrOfColumns);
26               System.out.println("*");
27               i = i+ 1;
28           }
29       }
30   
31       private static void drawOneRow(int nrOfColumns) {
32       int i = 0;
33       while ( i < nrOfColumns) {
34           System.out.print("*");
35           i = i + 1;
36       }
37       }
38   }
39   
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