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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Strings and Variables

Posted by Ted Gould
Ted Gould
136 Points

I'm following all of the directions in the video and none of my code looks like it does in the video.

How can I start from scratch

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points

Not exactly sure what you mean. Can you elaborate a bit more?

Ted Gould
Ted Gould
136 Points

My output in the console doesn't look like what's in the video. Unfortunatley I couldn't copy and paste it for some reason :-/. I've got such a short windo w to do this in the morning.

3 Answers

Nicolas Hampton
Nicolas Hampton
44,638 Points
Nicolas Hampton
Nicolas Hampton
44,638 Points

If you look at the left hand side of the screen, there's an icon of a window with <> in it. That's the workspaces icon. Click on it and start a new workspace for your java class, and it should be the code that was put for you as prompt at the start of the class.

Nick Murrin
Nick Murrin
39 Points
Nick Murrin
Nick Murrin
39 Points

I don't understand how console.printf means sending the user a message. I thought that was system.out.println! Is there more than one way to send the user a message?

Nicolas Hampton
Nicolas Hampton
44,638 Points
Nicolas Hampton
Nicolas Hampton
44,638 Points

Craig's going to go over that later in the class. Basically, the java.io.Console package is an combination of System.in and System.out methods. println will print a string and then return the line at the end, like /n or %n. printf will take a string imbed several variables inside the string, but will not automatically return. For now, just use whatever he tells you, it will clear up. Happy coding!

Nicolas