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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

Jon Burdon
Jon Burdon
488 Points
Posted by Jon Burdon
Jon Burdon
488 Points

Tiny error in printf code

There is a tiny error in the last line of my code. It's Challenge 3 at the end of a course. I have checked it is formatted correctly against what the question is asking.

The challenge says: Finally, using console.printf print out a formatted string that says "Because you said <response>, you passed the test!"

Example.java 
// I have initialized a java.io.Console for you. It is in a variable named console.
String response;
boolean understand;
do {
response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?"  );
understand  = (response.equals("No"));
} while (understand);
console.printf("Because you said ", response, ", you passed the test!");

1 Answer

Jon Burdon
Jon Burdon
488 Points
Jon Burdon
Jon Burdon
488 Points

I solved it by adding %s and then adding the variable at the end.

I think I got confused with the javascript I was doing yesterday, where you can print ("this" + variable + "this") to the screen,