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BJP4 Exercise 5.4: randomX

Language/Type: Java method basics Random while loops
Author: Leslie Ferguson (on 2016/09/08)

(This problem is a modified version of Chapter 5's randomX exercise from the textbook.)

Write a method named randomX that keeps printing lines, where each line contains a random number of x characters between 5 and 19 inclusive, until it prints a line with 16 or more characters. For example, the output from your method might be the following. Notice that the last line has 17 x characters. 

xxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxx  
xxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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This is a method problem. Write a Java method as described. Do not write a complete program or class; just the method(s) above.

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