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Java Java Basics Using your New Tools Fix the Errors

Posted by Solomon Kelley
Solomon Kelley
2,310 Points

data type declaration?

it seems to be missing a data type declaration but i have no idea what that is...

FixMe.java 
 String firstName = ("Gordon");

 String lastName = ("Sumner");

 console.printf("Hello %s", firstName);

 console.readLine("Which band?  ", band);

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Solomon,

Your last line isn't quite right.

You want to declare a new String object which is being read from user input. 

String firstName = "Gordon";

String lastName = "Sumner";

console.printf("Hello %s", firstName);

String band = console.readLine("Which band?  ");

Without defining band as a String your code lacks a data type. The last line uses readLine which is a way of getting user input. So it is asking the user which band (The Police) and invites them to type the answer. That answer is then stored in the band variable. As you haven't declared that yet, you need to tell the compiler that it is a String. Make sense?

I hope that helps,

Steve.