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Java Java Basics Using your New Tools Multiple Format Strings

Stuck on the first Using your New tools challenge...

I think my line of code is write but I have been getting this error messages (Bummer! There is a compiler error. Please click on preview to view your syntax errors!) many times...

Multiple.java
// I have imported java.io.Console for you. It is a variable called console. 
String name= console.readLine("Enter your name:  ");
String pastTenseVerb= console.readLine("Enter a past tense verb:  ");
console.prinf("%s really %s this coding excercise",name, pastTenseVerb);

1 Answer

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points

You just made a small typo. You put "prinf" instead of "printf".