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    import java.util.Scanner;
8    
9    public class TextRectangles {
10   
11       public static void main(String[] args) {
12           Scanner nrOf = new Scanner(System.in);
13           System.out.println("Number of Rows ?");
14           int nrOfRows = nrOf.nextInt();
15           System.out.println(" Number of Columns ?");
16           int nrOfColumns = nrOf.nextInt();
17   
18           drawRectangle(nrOfRows,nrOfColumns);
19       }
20   
21       private static void drawRectangle(int nrOfRows, int nrOfColumns) {
22           int i = 1;
23           while (i <= nrOfRows) {
24               drawOneRow(nrOfColumns);
25               i = i + 1;
26           }
27       }
28   
29       private static void drawOneRow(int nrOfColumns) {
30           int x = 1;
31           while ( x <= nrOfColumns){
32               System.out.print("*");
33               x = x + 1;
34           }
35           System.out.println("");
36   
37   
38       }
39   }
40