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

Ok I see where I made the mistake. I got it to work with this

console.printf("%s can code in Java!\n", firstName);

I'm blocked here too.

String firstName = "Mark";
console.printf("%s is coding in Java!", firstName);

EDIT: Oh sorry about that, I had to write the exact words.

console.printf("%s can code in Java!", firstName);

You were close, remember that its no problem to put the variable to be interpolated in, and continue with the regular string characters, without breaking out of the string. After you have closed the String "" you then put in the appropriate number of variables that need to be interpolated / inserted.

should it be var instead of string?

should it be console.printf? that last little f there might be messing you up.

Very easy, look this

import java.io.Console;

public class PrintYourName {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Console console = System.console();

        // Your code goes below here

        String firstName = "Sam";

        console.printf("Hello, my name is %s\n", firstName);

  }

}

You have to import thee console input/output using: import java.io.Console; Then create a class and set a name for that class, I used: public class PrintYourName { }, do not forget the { } to create a class block of code. Inside of the { } curly braces goes the body of your class. The body of the class contain the main method: public static void main(String[] args) { }, the main method is run by the JVM, it is where your code start running. In the main method include the body block for this method.

    console.printf("%s is learning how to write Java\n", firstName);

Create an instance of the Console imported like this: Console console = System.console(); Create a local variable type string: String firstName = "Sam"; This is just a single line comment, it is mandatory: // Your code goes below here We are using the object created after instantiate our Console class like this: console.printf("Hello, my name is %s\n", firstName);

console is an instance of Console and it has a method called 'printf' inside of this method we added an argument: "Hello, my name is %s\n", firstName

where "Hello, my name is %s\n" it is going to be display on the screen and the variable firstName also, however in this case the value of firstName variable will be displayed next to Hello, my name is, because we are using %s which is a format specifier for string values, then \n is a separator that perform a new line, after the " " double quotes goes a comma to separate the variable of the literal. The literal is again "Hello, my name is". The value of the variable is substituted for the %s. The result will be:

Hello, my name is Sam

To see how formatted strings works here I provide a link: [example link]http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/java/java_formatted_strings.html

I hope to be clear in my example and you can understand my explanation, if you are not so familiar with the term that I used try to google it, because I do not want to do this comment too long.