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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Posted by Smith Jaron
Smith Jaron
544 Points

How do you use %s?

Using %s

IO.java 
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
String firstName=console.readLine("What is your first name?");
String lastName=console.readLine("What is your last name?");
console.printf("First Name: " + firstName);
Ben Payne
Ben Payne
1,464 Points

You could just use console.println() the way you're doing it. Otherwise:

console.printf("First Name: %s", firstName);

1 Answer

Amulya Arora
Amulya Arora
6,133 Points
Amulya Arora
Amulya Arora
6,133 Points

We use %s to represent Strings when we are printing something. Example:

String firstName = "Smith";
console.printf("My name is %s", firstName);