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Courses Plus Student 94 Pointsit does not recognise the %s which are all correctly inputed, keeps saying Looks like you forgot %s formatting
it does not recognise the %s which are all correctly inputed, keeps saying Looks like you forgot %s formatting
// I've imported java.io.Console for you. It is stored in a variable called console for you.
String name = console.readLine("name");
String pastTenseVerb = console.readLine("pastTenseVerb");
console.printf(name, "%s really %s", pastTenseVerb, "%s this coding exercise. %s");
1 Answer
Rajbie Sarwar
4,772 PointsMethods (such as printf) are very particular on the order you write stuff (arguments) inside the parenthesis. You should always have your variables after the sentence in double quotes. Like this:
console.printf("text text %s %s text text", variable1, variable2);
Fathima Fas-ha
6,847 PointsFathima Fas-ha
6,847 PointsHey! Try this way :