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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Posted by Andrew Heater
Andrew Heater
183 Points

on question three I am having a hard time under standing what it is I'm supposed to do. can some one help?

On Challenge task 3 it ask me to "print out to the screen using the printf method...." and I tried console.printf ("%s is learning java!",firstName); but it doesn't seem to work. :/

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Andrew,

At this point, you should have the first two lines to read the first and last names:

String firstName = console.readLine("Enter your first name: ");
String lastName = console.readLine("Enter your last name: ");

The last question asks Print out to the screen using the printf method on console, "First name: " and the user's first name

For that you need to use string interpolation as you have suggested. It should look something like:

console.printf("First name: %s", firstName);

I hope that helps!

Steve.