// burton rosenberg
// 3 feb, 2004

// this program introduces methods

class StarsOfStarsMethod
{

    static final int NUM_OF_STARS_MAX = 6 ;

    static void lineOfStars( int howManyStars ) // signature of method
    {
       // print one row of stars, of length numOfStars
        while ( howManyStars>0 )
        {
           System.out.print('*') ;       
           howManyStars-- ;
       }
       System.out.println() ;
    }

    public static void main ( String [ ] args )  //signature of method
    {
        int numOfStars ;
        numOfStars = NUM_OF_STARS_MAX ;

        while ( numOfStars>0  )
        {
             lineOfStars( numOfStars ) ; 
             // next line print one less star
             numOfStars-- ;
        }
    }   
}