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Java Java Basics Using your New Tools Multiple Format Strings

Shayan Khan
Shayan Khan
9,842 Points
Posted by Shayan Khan
Shayan Khan
9,842 Points

Can someone please help me out with this question?

I don't understand how to do this challenge.

Multiple.java 
// I've imported java.io.Console for you.  It is stored in a variable called console for you.

String name =  console.readLine (""); 
String pastTenseVerb =  console.readLine ("");

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi there,

You've just got the last bit to complete - this requires you to combine the two strings you've read in from the user's input into a sentence.

If you write out the sentence like: " name really pastTenseVerb this coding exercise" - you can see what you need to do.

First, to output the sentence, you need to use console.printf. Then you can insert a %s at each place you want to add your variable names. You then write the variable names after the sentence in the order you want them adding:

console.printf("%s really %s this coding exercise", name, pastTenseVerb);

I hope that helps - that's not an easy one to explain!

Steve.

Shayan Khan
Shayan Khan
9,842 Points
Shayan Khan
Shayan Khan
9,842 Points

Thanks Steve! Appreciate your help.