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    package npw;
6    
7    import java.util.Scanner;
8    
9    public class TextRectangles {
10       public static void main(String[] args) {
11   
12           System.out.print("Number of rows? ");
13           Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
14           int rows = scanner.nextInt();
15           System.out.print("Number of column? ");
16           int columns = scanner.nextInt();
17           drawRectangle(rows, columns);
18       }
19   
20       private static void drawRectangle(int nrOfRows, int nrOfColumns) {
21           int i = 1;
22           while ( i <= nrOfRows) {
23               drawOneRow(nrOfColumns);
24               i=i+1;
25           }
26   
27       }
28   
29       private static void drawOneRow(int nrOfColumns) {
30           for (int i = 0; i < nrOfColumns; i++) {
31               System.out.print("*");
32           }
33           System.out.println();
34       }
35   }
36