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

Thuto Ngala
Thuto Ngala
158 Points

Unable to do the following correctly : Call the printf method on the console object and make it write out "<YOUR NAME> "

Just started with the Introduction to java, one of the tasks I was given was to declare a variable. and formatting accordingly. I keep on getting error, when trying it out with my own code.

Name.java
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console

public static void main(String[] arg){


Console console =  System.console();

String firstName = "Thuto";

console.printf("Hello my name is %s\n",firstName);

}
Fahri Can
Fahri Can
9,921 Points

The task was to output: console.printf("%s can code in Java!", firstName);

2 Answers

sandro mirijanashvili
sandro mirijanashvili
2,686 Points

They ask you to do this easily. You copied things which you were not taught , so that wasn't needed.

my screenshot/ http://imgur.com/ORweMLW

Fahri Can
Fahri Can
9,921 Points

The task was to output: console.printf("%s can code in Java!", firstName);