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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Enyang Mercy
PLUS
Enyang Mercy
Courses Plus Student 2,339 Points

console printf display message using lastName

what exactly is required bc my code has been rejected. im asked to call the printf method on the console object

IO.java
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
String firstName = console.readLine("What is your name?  ");
String lastName = console.readLine("What is your name?  ");
console.printf("First name: %s!\nLast name: %s.\n",firstName, lastName);

2 Answers

Mihai Craciun
Mihai Craciun
13,520 Points

You should make two different printf calls like this:

console.printf("First name: %s!\n",firstName);
console.printf("Last name: %s",lastName);