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Shanu Agarwal
Courses Plus Student 700 PointsUnable to get promptForGuess function
Why we are using Console console =System.console(); and not Console console = new Console(arguments); or Console console = new System.console();
1 Answer
Adam Brown
12,453 PointsWe are creating a variable (nickname) to refer to an object that already exists (System.console). We want to refer to that specific instance of System.console, not create a new one.
It's no different than using String name="James" to print console.printf("Hi %s",name); instead of just saying console.printf("Hi James");