1     /* 
2     * Program to draw rectangles of stars in the standard output stream.  * The dimensions of the rectangle are read from the standard input stream. 
3      */
4    
5     package npw;
6    
7     import java.util.Scanner;
8    
9     public class TextRectangles {
10   
11        public static void main(String[] args) {
12   
13            Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
14   
15            System.out.print("number of rows? ");
16            int nrOfRows = scanner.nextInt();
17   
18            System.out.print("number of columns? ");
19            int nrOfColumns = scanner.nextInt();
20   
21            drawRectangle(nrOfRows, nrOfColumns);
22        }
23   
24        private static void drawRectangle(int nrOfRows, int nrOfColumns) {
25   
26            int i = 1;
27            while ( i <= nrOfRows) {
28                drawOneRow(nrOfColumns);
29                i = i + 1;
30            }
31        }
32   
33        private static void drawOneRow(int nrOfColumns) {
34   
35            int i = 1;
36            while ( i <= nrOfColumns) {
37                System.out.print("*");
38                i = i + 1;
39            }
40            System.out.println();
41        }
42    }