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Java

Introductions printing name all uppercase

why is my name being printed in all uppercase import java.io.Console;

public class Introductions {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Console console = System.console();
    // Welcome to the Introductions program!  Your code goes below here
    String firstName = "Achilles";
    console.printf("Hello, my name is %S\n", firstName);
    console.printf("%S is learning how to write Java\n", firstName);

} }

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there, achilles serrano! The simple answer is: because you told it to. When you use %S it converts the string to all upper case. What you're looking for is %s (lower case), which leaves the string as-is.

Hope this helps! :sparkles: