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Julian Sanchez
Courses Plus Student 2,108 PointsWhat's the difference between System.out.printnl & System.out.printf?
As far as I can see Craig uses both System.out.printnl and System.out.printf for doing the same thing which is making the console display certain text. Why is he using two different methods for doing the same thing? What is the difference between these methods?
1 Answer
Stephen Kilgore
Java Web Development Techdegree Student 2,610 Pointsprintln(); prints a string as a single line of text (automatically adds a newline at the end so you don't have to).
Printf just prints a formatted string using format characters. You don't use format characters with println.
printf("Hello s%!\n", firstName);
and
println("Hello " + firstName + "!");
are functionally equivalent.
If you just want to print a single line of text with no formatting, it's more economical to use println() because it takes care of the newline character for you. If you want a heavily formatted string, printf() is better, but both essentially accomplish the same task in different ways.
Julian Sanchez
Courses Plus Student 2,108 PointsJulian Sanchez
Courses Plus Student 2,108 PointsThank you very much!
Yousef Gamal
Android Development Techdegree Student 377 PointsYousef Gamal
Android Development Techdegree Student 377 PointsGreat