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Java

Posted by oussama qarbach
oussama qarbach
Courses Plus Student 408 Points

Java 10 error

MY code is : 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 = console.readLine("what is your name? ");
  //another
        console.printf("%s is learning java\n"), firstName;

} }

ERRRRRROR:

Introductions.java:10: error: ';' expected
console.printf("%s is learning java\n"), firstName;
^
Introductions.java:10: error: not a statement
console.printf("%s is learning java\n"), firstName;

1 Answer

alastair cooper
alastair cooper
30,617 Points
alastair cooper
alastair cooper
30,617 Points

ERROR is this line: console.printf("%s is learning java\n"), firstName;

put the variable inside the brackets, like so...

console.printf("%s is learning java %n", firstName);

the function replaces the %s with the variable

hope this helps

also, you might need to use %n instead of \n, but not sure about that