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     * (The painter function isn't used at all why is this in npw?) 
5     */
6    
7    package npw;
8    
9    import java.util.Scanner;
10   
11   public class TextRectangles {
12       public static void main(String[] args) {
13           Scanner ping = new Scanner(System.in);
14           System.out.println("run:");
15           System.out.print("number of rows? ");
16           int nrOfRows = ping.nextInt();
17           System.out.print("number of columns? ");
18           int nOfColumns = ping.nextInt();
19       drawRectangle(nrOfRows, nOfColumns);
20       }
21   
22       private static void drawRectangle(int nrOfRows, int nrOfColumns) {
23           int i = 1;
24           while ( i <= nrOfRows) {
25               drawOneRow(nrOfColumns);
26               System.out.println();
27               i=i+1;
28           }
29       }
30   
31       private static void drawOneRow(int nrOfColumns) {
32           int w = 1;
33           while (w <= nrOfColumns) {
34               System.out.print("*");
35               w = w + 1;
36           }
37   
38       }
39   }