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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

frank colin
frank colin
10,488 Points
Posted by frank colin
frank colin
10,488 Points

i need help with this Print out to the screen using the printf method on console, "Last name: " and the user's last nam

can you show me an example of how this should look?

IO.java 
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
String firstName = console.readLine("First name");
String lastName = console.readLine("Last name");
console.printf("First name %s\n", firstName);
console.printf("%s first name\n", firstName); 
console.printf("Last Name %s\n", lastName);
console.printf("%s Last Name\n", lastName);

1 Answer

Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
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Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
155,055 Points

Hi Frank,

You have a couple extra printf method calls/statements in there. Let's just keep the ones that print the way the challenge wants us to: by printing out "First name" and then the contents of the firstName variable, and "Last name" and then the contents of the lastName variable. I also recommend using actual names: this challenge wants us to imagine the printout as being like a form in which it asks for the person's first and last name, and a person inputs their own first and last names.

// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
String firstName = console.readLine("Bob");
String lastName = console.readLine("Saget");
console.printf("First name %s\n", firstName);
console.printf("Last name %s\n", lastName);

Hope this helps!

frank colin
frank colin
10,488 Points
frank colin
frank colin
10,488 Points

This covers my question with great detail. Thank you CJ.