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

Fredy Navas
Fredy Navas
250 Points
Posted by Fredy Navas
Fredy Navas
250 Points

printf

what is a console

Name.java 
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName= ("Fredy");
printf (String);

1 Answer

samiff
samiff
31,206 Points
samiff
samiff
31,206 Points

Hello Fredy,

The instructor has created an Object instance of the "java.io.Console" class which they've named "console" for you to use. The Console class lets you interact with a running Java program via a command prompt / terminal; you can see the class documentation here.

You can access class methods on the console object instance such as printf() which is required for challenge task 3.

console.printf("I'm printing example text to the console.");