/* 
 * 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){
        System.out.println("run: ");
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.print("number of rows? ");
        int nrOfRows = scanner.nextInt();
        System.out.print("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 ;
        }
    }

    private static void drawOneRow(int nrOfColumns) {
        int i = 0;
        while (i < nrOfColumns){
            System.out.print(" * ");
            i = i + 1 ;
        }
        System.out.println(" ");
    }
}