# CSE 142 Autumn 2007, Marty Stepp
#
# This program prints many lines and boxes of stars in a loop.
# This version uses for loops and also shows an advanced concept:
# The String data type.  (hasn't been covered in lecture yet)
#
        # the original program's output (lines and boxes of stars)
    
# Draws a box of stars with the given dimensions.
def draw_box(width, height, c="*"):
    print c*width + "\n" + (c + " "*(width - 2) + c + "\n")*(height-2) + c*width

draw_box(5, 4, "#")
draw_box(10, 6, ".")

print

# additional output: 3x6, 4x8, 5x10, ..., 10x20 boxes
for i in range(3,11):
    draw_box(2 * i, i, "$")