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    
6    package npw;
7    
8    import java.util.Scanner;
9    
10   public class TextRectangles {
11       public static void main(String[] args) {
12           Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
13           System.out.print("number of rows?");
14           int nrOfRows = scanner.nextInt();
15           System.out.print("number of columns?");
16           int nrOfColumns = scanner.nextInt();
17           drawRectangle(nrOfRows, nrOfColumns);
18   
19       }
20   
21       private static void drawRectangle(int nrOfRows, int nrOfColumns) {
22           int i = 1;
23           while ( i <= nrOfRows) {
24               drawOneRow(nrOfColumns);
25               i=i+1;
26           }
27       }
28   
29       private static void drawOneRow(int nrOfColumns) {
30           int i = 1;
31           while ( i <= nrOfColumns) {
32               System.out.print("*");
33               i=i+1;
34           }
35           System.out.println();
36   
37   
38   
39       }
40   }