Chapter 5.5, Problem 19SC

Explanation of Solution

Program:

// Import the required package

import java.util.*;

// Class definition

public class Test

{

    // Main class definition

    public static void main(String[] args)

    {

        // Invoke the function to print Hello

        boxString("Hello");

        // Invoke the function to print Hello

        boxString("World");

    }

    // Method definition to print the string in a box

    public static void boxString(String contents)

    {

// Declare the variable to store the length of the string

        int n = contents.length();

// Using for loop, Print a line that contains the - character n + 4 times

        for (int i = 0; i < n + 4; i++)

        {

            System.out.print("-");

        }

        System...