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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Strings, Variables, and Formatting

Posted by norhan ryhan
norhan ryhan
39 Points

how can i use the printf method

i want to know how to use a printf method on the consule

Name.java 
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName="norhan";
printf"firstName":

2 Answers

Milos Ribera
Milos Ribera
9,633 Points
Milos Ribera
Milos Ribera
9,633 Points

Hi Norhan, as you saw during the video and as you will see in the future, printf or println and many others are methods. Simplifying...methods are as a set of rule, they can accept parameters and return a result. For that reason you have to write them with ( ) parenthesis. To solve this exercise you have to write like this:

printf(firstName);

Remember that every command need to end with ;

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Using printf was covered in the last viideo. You may want to review it, particularly the section starting around time index 4:21.