CS1 Standard Demo Page

/*
 *Program to draw rectangles of stars in the standard output stream. The 
 *dmensions of the rectangle are read from the standard input stream.
 */
package npw;

import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 *
 * @author dmaslows
 */
public class TextRectangles {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("number of rows? ");
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        int nrOfRows = scanner.nextInt();
        System.out.println("number of columns? ");
        int nrOfColumns = scanner.nextInt();
        drawRectangle(nrOfRows, nrOfColumns);
    }

    private static void drawRectangle(int nrOfRows, int nrOfColumns) {
        for (int a = 0; a < nrOfRows; a++) {
            for (int b = 0; b < nrOfColumns; b++) {
                System.out.print("*");
            }
            System.out.println();
        }

    }

}