TextRectangles.java
/* 
 * Program to draw rectangles of stars in the standard output stream. The 
 * dimensions of the rectangle are read from the standard input stream. 
 */
package npw;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class TextRectangles {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("number of rows?");
        int rows = scan.nextInt();
        System.out.println("number of columns? ");
        int columns = scan.nextInt();
        drawRectangle(rows,columns);
    }
    private static void drawRectangle(int nrOfRows, int nrOfColumns) {
        int i = 1;
        while ( i <= nrOfRows) {
            drawOneRow(nrOfColumns);
            i=i+1;
        }
    }
    private static void drawOneRow(int nrOfColumns) {
        int i = 1;
        while (i <= nrOfColumns){
            System.out.print("*");
            i = i + 1;
        }
        System.out.println();
    }
}