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Pratik shetty
1,023 PointsBummer! java.util.MissingFormatArgumentException: Format specifier '%s' () please help here
please help
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName ="Pratik";
console.printf("Pratik %s can code in java");
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! I received your request for assistance. You're pretty close here, but let's talk a bit about what the "%s" does. It is a placeholder that tells Java to insert the value of a String type variable here. But if your program has 10 String variables, it can't possibly know which you mean should be inserted there. Because of this, for every placeholder you have, it requires that you specify which variable value should be inserted there. Here is your code, but slightly altered:
String firstName ="Pratik";
console.printf("%s can code in java", firstName);
The end reesult will be that "Pratik can code in java" will be diplayed in the console. This is because the value of firstName is "Pratik" and we're inserting that where the %s is currently.
Hope this clarifies things!
Azamat Murzabayev
2,542 PointsAzamat Murzabayev
2,542 PointsThanks!