// CSE 143, Autumn 2013
// This file contains a recursive method that we wrote in class.

public class Stars {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		printStars(3);
		printStars(8);
		printStars(5);
		printStars(0);
		printStars(2);
	}
	
	// Prints a line of n stars (a blank line if n == 0).
	// Precondition: n >= 0
	public static void printStars(int n) {
		if(n == 0) {
			System.out.println();
		} else {
			System.out.print("*");
			printStars(n - 1);
		} 
	}
}