Chapter 6.3, Problem 18SCP

Explanation of Solution

Program code:

Text.java

//import the required packages

import java.util.*;

import java.lang.*;

import java.io.*;

import java.util.Scanner;

//create a class Text

public class Text

{

    //define main() method

    public static void main(String[] args)

    {

        //create the object of Scanner class

        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

        //prompt the user to enter the strings

System.out.println("Enter the String to print in box");

        //scan for the strings

        String text=scan.nextLine();

        //print a vertical line

        System.out.print("|");

        //iterate a for loop up to i<text.length()

        for(int i=-2;i<text.length()+2;i++)

        {

            //print horizontal lines

            System.out.print("-");

        }

        //print vertical line

        System...