From 9d53d8857eaa1c9405894a88ca75bc4657e42f35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: msglm <msglm@techchud.xyz>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 05:31:48 -0600
Subject: Inital Commit

---
 Java/HollowBox.java | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Java/HollowBox.java

(limited to 'Java/HollowBox.java')

diff --git a/Java/HollowBox.java b/Java/HollowBox.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64bb43d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java/HollowBox.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+
+class HollowBox {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws java.io.IOException {
+		    int h,w;
+		    //Buffered readers can improve speed up to 30% as they are less bloated than scanners and don't cause a memory leak when not closed
+		    BufferedReader HeightI = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
+		    BufferedReader WidthI = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
+		    System.out.println("Height");
+		    h = Integer.parseInt(HeightI.readLine());
+		    System.out.println("Width");
+		    w = Integer.parseInt(WidthI.readLine());
+                    
+
+//if less than 3, re-enter
+if(h<3) { 
+System.out.println("Invalid height! Re-enter:");
+h = Integer.parseInt(HeightI.readLine());
+
+}
+
+if(w<3) { 
+System.out.println("Invalid width! Re-enter:");
+w = Integer.parseInt(WidthI.readLine());;
+}
+
+
+for(int i=0;i<h;i++) { //loops for height
+for(int j=0;j<w;j++) { //loops for width
+
+if(i==0||i==h-1) { //if i is in the 0th place or height then it will print out *
+System.out.print("*");
+}else {
+if(j==0||j==w-1) { //if j is in the 0th place or width then it will print out *
+System.out.print("*");
+}else {
+System.out.print(" "); //if j is in the in between the 0th place and width then it will print out a space
+}
+}
+}
+
+System.out.println(""); //prints out next line
+}
+
+}
+
+}
+  
+
+
+//By msglm; Special thanks to Jude Spikes
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