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

Alexander Cobabe
Alexander Cobabe
1,437 Points
Posted by Alexander Cobabe
Alexander Cobabe
1,437 Points

What is it wanting me to do here that it's not specifying I do?

Is this testing me on the previous video, or all videos to this point?

Name.java 
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName = "Alex";
console.print("Hello my name is %s\");

1 Answer

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

it wants:

String firstName = "Alex";
console.printf("%s can code in Java!", firstName);

you need to call printf (rather than print), and feed in values to use for the placeholders