Use the concatentation operator
bob is of type
STRING.
bob = bob + "*";
OR its shorthanded equivalent
bob += "*";
OR a funkier way to do it is by way of:
System.out.print("*")
this will print a string and won't wrap to the next line.
I'd recommend figuring out how to do it using the first way.
[ July 14, 2003: Message edited by: Eric Hoskland ]