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