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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Strings, Variables, and Formatting

Jack Cronin
Jack Cronin
623 Points
Posted by Jack Cronin
Jack Cronin
623 Points

Not sure what this stage is asking me

it is telling me to call the printf method on the console and say a sentence which i have done but i cant get to the next stage because it says there is an error which i dont know how to fix.

Name.java 
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName = "Jack";
console.printf("%s can code Java!\n", firstName);

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

Your code is fine but these challenges are very picky about text output, when they ask you for a certain string they expect you to print/return that exact string.

You forgot the "in" part of "<YOUR NAME> can code in Java!" and that is enough for it to mark your code as wrong. If you change it to be exactly what it asked like this:

console.printf("%s can code in Java!", firstName);

Then you will be able to pass the challenge.