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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Tristan Colson
Tristan Colson
1,335 Points

printf method

not sure what i am doing wrong it just keeps asking me to include the word first name.

IO.java
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
String firstName = console.readLine("what is your name?");
String lastName = console.readLine ("what is your name?");
console.printf("hello my name is %s\n", firstName);

1 Answer

Florian Tönjes
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Florian Tönjes
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 50,856 Points

Hi Tristan,

the challenge wants you to do it like this:

 display a message that says, "First name: ", followed by the first name
console.printf("First name: %s\n", firstName);