Square of Stars

This program prints a square of stars.

Problem Statement

Write a Java program that prints a 4x4 square of stars.

Source Code

1 public class SquareStars {
2 public static void main(String[] args) {
3 for(int i=1; i<=4; i++) {
4 for(int j=1; j<=4; j++) {
5 System.out.print("* ");
6 }
7 System.out.println();
8 }
9 }
10 }

Program Output

* * * * 
* * * * 
* * * * 
* * * * 

Explanation

The outer loop runs 4 times to control rows while the inner loop runs 4 times to print 4 stars per row, so each row prints identical stars forming a uniform square grid of 16 stars.

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