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Miegel Brown
196 PointsUsing the console's printf method, display a message that says, "First name: ", followed by the first name? need help
i dont understand what they are asking me to do it seems like i would use console.readLine
// I have imported java.io.Console for you. It is a variable called console.
String firstName = console.readLine ("Miegel");
String lastName = console.readLine ("Brown");
console.readLine = ("First name: Miegel");
3 Answers
Eugene Paitoo
3,922 PointsHere, you're to ask the user for their input so instead of typing your name try this instead: String firstName = console.readLine("What is your first Name? ");
With this when it runs, the user can type in their first Name.
Hope this helps!
Eugene Paitoo
3,922 PointsAlso, with Challenge 3 and 4. this is where we use the console.printf to display the first and last names of the user. So it goes like this; console.printf("First Name: %s", firstName); And for the last name too; console.printf("Last Name: %s",lastName);
The %s represents the String we have declared in the bracket.
Hope it helps!
michaelcodes
5,604 PointsHi Eugene! You can format code when posting a comment by wrapping it with 3 ` and the name of the language.. see the "markdown cheatsheet" at the bottom of the page below for explanation
luke moloney
2,347 PointsThank you Eugene, I got stuck here for some reason and this was super helpful.
michaelcodes
5,604 PointsHi there, to add to what Eugene said, after you have declared the variable (as user input)
String firstName = console.readLine ();
OR, if you want to display a message to the user such as "Please enter a name" you can do that too:
String firstName = console.readLine("Please enter a name");
Then to print out the variable specifically you would the formatted string:
console.printf("First name: %s", firstName);
Happy coding!
Miegel Brown
196 Pointsi got it with console.printf it was a = in between it i was looking over lol thinks by the way