// Prints several lines and boxes made of stars.
// Fourth and final version with printCharacter method.

public class Stars4 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // print several lines of stars
        printCharacter("*", 13);
        System.out.println();
        printCharacter("*", 7);
        System.out.println();
        printCharacter("*", 35);
        System.out.println();

        System.out.println();
        
        // print several boxes of stars
        printBox(10, 3);
        printBox(5, 4);
        printBox(20, 7);
    }
    
    // Prints a box of stars of the given size.
    public static void printBox(int width, int height) {
        // 1) top line
        printCharacter("*", width);
        System.out.println();
        
        // 2) middle empty part
        for (int i = 1; i <= height - 2; i++) {
            System.out.print("*");
            printCharacter(" ", width - 2);
            System.out.println("*");
        }
        
        // 3) bottom line
        printCharacter("*", width);
        System.out.println();
    }
    
    // Prints the given number of occurrences of the given text.
    public static void printCharacter(String character, int howMany) {
        for (int i = 1; i <= howMany; i++) {
            System.out.print(character);
        }
    }
}