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 scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

        // Ask to input number of rows
        System.out.print("Enter the number of rows: ");
        int nrOfRows = scanner.nextInt();
        System.out.print("Enter the number of columns: ");
        int nrOfColumns = scanner.nextInt();
        drawRectangle(nrOfRows, nrOfColumns);
    }

    private static void drawRectangle(int nrOfRows, int nrOfColumns) {
        int i = 1;
        while ( i <= nrOfRows) {
            drawOneRow(nrOfColumns);
            i=i+1;
            System.out.println("");
        }
    }

    private static void drawOneRow(int nrOfColumns) {
        int k = 1;
        while (k <= nrOfColumns){
            System.out.print("*");
            k++;
        }
    }


}