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

Posted by Ricardo Ribeiro
Ricardo Ribeiro
2,414 Points

all the print function on the console object and make it print out "<YOUR NAME> can code in Java!"

Hello, im trying to print out my name in this way: console.printf("%s", firstName);

but it dosent work, what is wrong??

1 Answer

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points
Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

Right now, this 

console.printf("%s", firstName);

will give you just your first name as output. The challenge though wants you to print this...

"<YOUR NAME> can code in Java!"

which is in other ways represented as

"%s can code in Java!"

I hope this helps

Ricardo Ribeiro
Ricardo Ribeiro
2,414 Points

thanks very mutch i totaly forgot the rest hehehe