TextRectangles.java
/* 
 * 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) {
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("number of rows? ");
        int row = scanner.nextInt();
        scanner.nextLine();
        System.out.println("number of columns? ");
        int column = scanner.nextInt();
        scanner.nextLine();
        drawRectangle(row,column);
    }

    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) {
        for(int i=0; i<nrOfColumns; i=i+1){
            System.out.print("*");
        }
        System.out.println("");
    }

}