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

Posted by Yoni Bayoni
Yoni Bayoni
259 Points

why it isnt working. even the console looks like isnt working

?

Name.java 
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName="Yoni";
Console.Printf("<%s> can code in java",firstName);

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

The console object and the printf method should both be written all in lowercase. Java like most programming languages is case-sensitive so Console and console are not treated as the same name.

Besides that the challenge does not actually want you have <> brackets inside of the string you print out, it just want you to insert the name with the %s placeholder.

You are also missing an exclamation point at the end of your string. While that won't actually cause an issue in this particular challenge it is pretty common for challenges to be extremely picky about strings, so you should always try to make the string as identical to the one asked for as possible.

Like this:

String firstName = "Yoni";
console.printf("%s can code in Java!", firstName);
Yoni Bayoni
Yoni Bayoni
259 Points

thank u :)