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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Keane Fraser
Keane Fraser
155 Points

Need to write printf "First name: " followed by what was entered as a first name in the previous string variable?

Either I've written the correct answer and test is broken, which I doubt, or the quetion is too confusing for someone as new as I am.

IO.java
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
String firstName = ("Keane");
console.readLine("%s", firstName);
String lastName = ("Fraser");
console.readLine("%s", lastName);
console.printf("First name: Keane");

2 Answers

andi mitre
STAFF
andi mitre
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hey Keane, you don't need to use console.readLine() in this case, it simply wants you to print the firstName and lastName variables that you created.

// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
String firstName = console.readLine();
String lastName = console.readLine();
console.printf("First name: %s\n", firstName);
console.printf("Last name: %s\n", lastName);

Cheers

Brian Pedigo
Brian Pedigo
26,783 Points

The code should look something like the lines below this comment. I think the purpose of the two methods being used is confusing you. I think about it like this; readLine gets the input, and printf sends the output.

String fristName = console.readLine();

console.printf("Frist name: %s", fristName);