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star escarsega
363 PointsNow replace <YOUR NAME> in the console.printf expression with the firstName variable using the string formatter.
how do you do it?
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName= "star";
console.printf("s% can code in java!");
2 Answers
J.D. Sandifer
18,813 PointsDane's answer gives all the information needed, but make sure you follow the challenge directions, too. The end result should be printing "<Your Name> can code in Java!" like this:
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName = "star";
console.printf("%s can code in Java!", firstName);
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 PointsYou have the syntax for your printf statement wrong it supposed to look like this:
console.printf("%flag", variableThatFlagPointsTo);
So with that in mind see if you can solve it, if not the answer is:
console.printf("%s", firstname);
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 PointsDane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 PointsCompletely forgot about the actual challenge...oops.