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Courses Plus Student 477 Pointsi need to call the "printf" method on the console object nd make it write out "<MY NAME> can code in Java!" Please help
please help
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName = "Mary";
console = System.console();
console.printf("%s can code in java, firstName");
1 Answer
Simon Coates
28,694 Pointsyou've put the variable reference inside the string literal (between ""), and console is already defined (offscreen as it were). Inside "%s can code in java, firstName", firstName is just a piece of text (this differs from some other programming languages). The answer seems to be:
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName = "Mary";
//console = System.console(); //console already exists.
console.printf("%s can code in java!" , firstName); //changes made here
Mary Norman
Courses Plus Student 477 PointsMary Norman
Courses Plus Student 477 Pointsoh wow tnanks