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Courses Plus Student 332 PointsCreate a new variable called name and accept input from the console using the readLine method.
This is my lines of code to accomplish the task above
Console name=System.console(); System.out.println("Enter your name: "); String name1=name.readLine();
// I've imported java.io.Console for you. It is stored in a variable called console for you.
Console name=System.console();
System.out.println("Enter your name: ");
String name1=name.readLine();
1 Answer
Trent Christofferson
18,846 PointsAll you need is
String name = console.readLine("Name: ");
because it says there is already a variable named console for you.