output characters equal to an intiger value?

[smokey888]

basicaly i have a random number gen and i want to output a line of asterix (*) that is equal to the random number e.g if the random number equals 4 i want to output **** if it euqals 15 i want to output ***************


any help would be apreciated :)

[j2me64]

build your string of asterix inside a loop.

loop start
string += "*";
loop end

[smokey888]

dont really understand what you mean in new to java :(

[smokey888]

This is my programe so far i hope u can understand what im trying to do now

/* Thomas Roberts
horse simulation game.
*/
import java.util.*;
public class horse{
	public static void main(String args[]){
	/* declare variables */
	String name ="";
	String hname1 ="";
	String hname2 ="";
	String hname3 ="";
	String hname4 ="";
	String as = "";
	int win = 0;
	int horse1 =0;
	int horse2 =0;
	int horse3 =0;
	int horse4 =0;
	int loop = 0;
	int rndloop = 0;
	Random gen = new Random();
	Scanner scr = new Scanner(System.in);
		
			horse1 = gen.nextInt(15)+1;
			horse2 = gen.nextInt(15)+1;
			horse3 = gen.nextInt(15)+1;
			horse4 = gen.nextInt(15)+1;	
	
	/* send instructions to the screen*/
		System.out.println("You must first enter your name and then enter the names of the 4 horses in the race.");
		System.out.println("You must then pick which number horse you want to bet on.");
		System.out.println("To start the race press 1 and wait for results.") ;
		System.out.println("This will display the distance traveled in a line of *");
		
			System.out.println("Enter your name");
			name = scr.next();
			
				System.out.println("enter the name for horse1");
				hname1 = scr.next();
					
					System.out.println("enter the name for horse2");
					hname2 = scr.next();
					
						System.out.println("enter the name for horse3");
						hname3 = scr.next();
					
							System.out.println("enter the name for horse4");
							hname4 = scr.next();
							
								System.out.println("enter the number of the horse you want to bet on");
								win = scr.nextInt;
								
								System.out.println("press 1 to start the race");
								loop = scr.nextInt();
								
						while(loop == 1){

[j2me64]

dont really understand what you mean in new to java :(

for example this or this

in the code above i don't understand what you're trying to do inside while. please tell ...

[smokey888]

u press 1 to start the race i then want it to output the same number of asterix for each horse as the random number is. untill it reaches 50 and then that horse will be the winner