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            Scanner scan= new Scanner(System.in);
13            System.out.println("Run:");
14   
15            System.out.println("Number of rows?");
16            int rows = scan.nextInt();
17   
18            System.out.println("Number of columns?");
19            int columns = scan.nextInt();
20   
21   
22            drawRectangle(rows,columns);
23        }
24   
25        private static void drawRectangle(int nrOfRows, int nrOfColumns) {
26            int i = 1;
27            while ( i <= nrOfRows) {
28                drawOneRow(nrOfColumns);
29                System.out.println();
30                i=i+1;
31            }
32        }
33   
34        private static void drawOneRow(int nrOfColumns) {
35            int i = 1;
36   
37            while ( i <= nrOfColumns) {
38                System.out.print("*");
39   
40                i=i+1;
41            }
42        }
43        }
44