// Helene Martin, CSE 142
// Displays several lines and boxes made of ASCII characters.
// (parameters are used to reduce redundancy)

public class Stars {
   public static void main(String[] args) {  
		line(13, "Joe");
		System.out.println();
      line(7, "*");
		System.out.println();
      line(35, "&");
		
		System.out.println();
		int width = 50;
      box(10, width);
		System.out.println();
      box(5, 5);
   }
   
	// prints times copies of chars on a single line
	public static void repeat(int times, String chars) {
		for(int i = 1; i <= times; i++) {
         System.out.print(chars);
      }
	}
	
	// prints times copies of chars then goes to the next line
	public static void line(int width, String chars) {
		repeat(width, chars);
      System.out.println();
   }
	
   // prints a rectangle of asterisks of size width x height
   public static void box(int width, int height) {
		line(width, "*");

      for(int i = 1; i <= height - 2; i++) {
			System.out.print("*");
			repeat(width - 2, " ");
			System.out.println("*");
		}
		
		line(width, "*");
   }
}