1    package npw;/* 
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    import java.util.Scanner;
7    
8    public class TextRectangles {
9        public static void main(String[] args) {
10           Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
11           System.out.println("number of rows?");
12           int nrOfRows = sc.nextInt();
13           System.out.println("number of columns?");
14           int nrOfColumns = sc.nextInt();
15           drawRectangle(nrOfRows, nrOfColumns);
16       }
17   
18       private static void drawRectangle(int nrOfRows, int nrOfColumns) {
19           int i = 1;
20           while ( i <= nrOfRows) {
21               drawOneRow(nrOfColumns);
22               System.out.println();
23               i=i+1;
24           }
25       }
26   
27       private static void drawOneRow(int nrOfColumns) {
28           int i = 1;
29           while (i <= nrOfColumns) {
30               System.out.print("*");
31               i++;
32           }
33       }
34   }