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   class TextRectangles {
11       public static void main(String[] args) {
12           Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
13           int rows;
14           int columns;
15           System.out.println("number of rows? ");
16           rows = sc.nextInt();
17           System.out.println("number of columns? ");
18           columns = sc.nextInt();
19   
20           drawRectangle(rows,columns);
21   
22   
23   
24       }
25   
26       public static void drawOneRow(int nrOfColumns) {
27           int i = 1;
28           while ( i <= nrOfColumns) {
29               System.out.print("*");
30               i=i+1;
31           }
32           System.out.println();
33       }
34   
35       private static void drawRectangle(int nrOfRows, int nrOfColumns) {
36           int i = 1;
37           while ( i <= nrOfRows) {
38               drawOneRow(nrOfColumns);
39               i=i+1;
40           }
41       }
42   }