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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Enyang Mercy
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Enyang Mercy
Courses Plus Student 2,339 Points
Posted by Enyang Mercy
Enyang Mercy
Courses Plus Student 2,339 Points

console printf message lastname

I am stuck pals. need help getting through this

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

2 Answers

Rich Zimmerman
Rich Zimmerman
24,063 Points
Rich Zimmerman
Rich Zimmerman
24,063 Points

In your 2nd printf line you have a typo in your new line character

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

should be

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

You also don't need the closing curly braces at the bottom there.