# Author:  James Tam
# Version: May 26, 2020 
#  * The user can specify the no. of rows & columns

# Version: November, 2012
# Learning concepts: creating and displaying a variable sized 2D list

noRows = int(input("Number rows: "))
noColumns = int(input("Number columns: "))

# Creating reference to grid
aGrid = []

# Creating the grid data
for r in range (0,noRows,1):
    aGrid.append ([])
    for c in range (0,noColumns,1):
       aGrid[r].append("*")
 
# Displaying the grid
for r in range (0,noRows,1):
   for c in range (0,noColumns,1):
       print(aGrid[r][c], end="")
   print()