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Java Java Basics Using your New Tools Multiple Format Strings

Logan Detering
Logan Detering
1,953 Points

I keep getting a compiler error. Can someone tell me what Im doing wrong

Please help!

Multiple.java
// I've imported java.io.Console for you.  It is stored in a variable called console for you.
String name = console.readLine("logan"); 
String pastTenseVerb = console.readLine("loved");
console.printf("%s really %s this coding exercise", logan, Loved);

2 Answers

Rune Andreas Nielsen
Rune Andreas Nielsen
5,354 Points

Hi Logan.

You need to use the variable names, instead of the strings u read with the readline.

So you need to use "name" and "pastTenseVerb" - instead of logan and Loved.

// I've imported java.io.Console for you.  It is stored in a variable called console for you.
String name = console.readLine("logan"); 
String pastTenseVerb = console.readLine("loved");
console.printf("%s really %s this coding exercise", name , pastTenseVerb );
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hi Logan,

replace logan and loved with name and pastTenseVerb.

Grigorij