/*
 * Kyle Pierce
 * CSE 143
 *
 * Client program with the recursive code we wrote in class
 */
public class Recursion {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      writeStars(5);
      writeStars2(5);

      Scanner input = new Scanner(new File("words.txt"));
      reverse(input);
   }

   // pre:  n >= 0
   // post: produces an output line of exactly n stars
   public static void writeStars(int n) {
      for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
         System.out.print("*");
      }
      System.out.println();
   }

   // pre:  n >= 0
   // post: produces an output line of exactly n stars
   public static void writeStars2(int n) {
      if (n <= 0) {
         System.out.println();
      } else {
         System.out.print("*");
         writeStars2(n - 1);
      }
   }

   // print the lines of the file in the Scanner in reverse order
   public static void reverse(Scanner input) {
      if (input.hasNextLine()) {
         String line = input.nextLine();
         reverse(input);
         System.out.println(line);
      } 
   }
}