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Java Java Basics Using your New Tools Multiple Format Strings

Posted by Faisal Aleissa
Faisal Aleissa
1,992 Points

What is wrong with the code

I do not know what is wrong with this question

Multiple.java 
// I've imported java.io.Console for you.  It is stored in a variable called console for you.
String name= console.readLine("Enter your name: ");
String pastTenseVerb= console.readLine("Enter pastTenseVerb: ");
console.printf("%s'  ",name,"  really%s  ",pastTenseVerb,"  '");

1 Answer

Yanuar Prakoso
Yanuar Prakoso
15,196 Points
Yanuar Prakoso
Yanuar Prakoso
15,196 Points

Hi Faisal....

There are two things wrong with your code:

  1. The task asked you to print name really pastTenseVerb this coding exercise, but you left out the this coding exercise part
  2. Your console.printf formatting is wrong. You can just add the whole sentence and put %s (this is called string identifier) in the places you want to be substituted with name and pastTenseVerb
  3. Then you can declare it after the whole sentences by separating them using commas. Just make sure you wrote them in correct order which name comes before pastTenseVerb

This is your last part of the code should looks like:

console.printf("%s really %s this coding exercise",name, pastTenseVerb);

I hope this can help a little. Happy coding