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 scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
13           System.out.println("run:");
14           System.out.print("number of rows?");
15           int nrOfRows = scanner.nextInt();
16           System.out.print("number of columns?");
17           int nrOfColumns = scanner.nextInt();
18           drawRectangle(nrOfRows, nrOfColumns);
19   
20       }
21   
22       private static void drawRectangle(int nrOfRows, int nrOfColumns) {
23           int i = 1;
24           while ( i <= nrOfRows) {
25               drawOneRow(nrOfColumns);
26               i=i+1;
27           }
28       }
29   
30       private static void drawOneRow(int nrOfColumns) {
31           String asterisk = "*";
32           for (int x = 1; x <= nrOfColumns; x = x+1) {
33               System.out.print(asterisk);
34           }
35           System.out.println();
36       }
37   }