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// Rectangle.java - This program prints the outline of a rectangle with 10 asterisks
// across and 12 asterisks down.
// Input:  None.
// Output: Prints the outline of the rectangle.

public class Rectangle
{
        public static void main(String args[])
        {


                int height = 10;        // Number of asterisks to print across. must be greater than 1
                int width = 12;         // Number of asterisks to print down. must be greater than 1
                int row;                // Loop control for row number.
                int column;             // Loop control for column number
                char outChar = '*';     // Character for outside of rect
                char inChar = ' ';      // Character for inside of rectangle
                char fillChar;          // Character for line fill

                for (row=0; row < height; row++)
                {
                        if (row < height - 1 && row > 0 ) //first or last line?
                        {
                                fillChar = inChar;
                        }

                        System.out.println(this.buildLine(width, outChar, fillChar));
                }
                System.exit(0);
        } // End of main() method.


        public static char[] buildLine( int width, char outChar, char fillChar)
        {
                char[] lineBuff[width] = fillChar; //I'm not sure if this is more or less expensive
                                                 //than a bunch of individual writes...  ?

                lineBuff[0] = outChar;
                lineBuff[width - 1] = outChar;

                return lineBuff;
        }

} // End of Rectangle class.