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Tendai Chirimuta
2,825 PointsUsing the console's printf method, display a message that says, "First name: ", followed by the first name that the user
I am having challenges to navigate through. Please help!
// I have imported java.io.Console for you. It is a variable called console.
String firstName= console.readLine("The camel-cased version of firstName");
String lastName= console.readLine("Camel-cased version of lastName");
console.printf("First name, %s");
2 Answers
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHi Tendai,
You're pretty much there. In your formatted string output:
console.printf("First name, %s");
... the %s marker is the place where the value of a variable is entered (interpolated) into the string. But you do need to tell it which variable, like this:
console.printf("First name, %s", firstName);
Make sense? Add a comma and stipulate the variable and its value will be inserted into the output string.
I hope that helps,
Steve.
Tendai Chirimuta
2,825 PointsThank you for assistance
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsNo problem! 
