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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Posted by Bryce Hunter
Bryce Hunter
1,186 Points

cant print firstname

i keep getting a compiler error... What am i doing wrong?

IO.java 
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
String firstName = ("Bryce");
  console.readLine("%s, firstName");
String lastName = ("Hunter");
  console.readLine("%s, lastName");
String console.readLine ("Enter first name: ");
console.printf("First name: %s", firstName);

1 Answer

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Bryce;

Welcome to Treehouse!

What we want to do in this challenge is to generate a variable like firstName and assign it to the input from the console like so:

String firstName = console.readLine("Your first name: ");

That will prompt at the console for the user to input something, hopefully with our prompting text of Your first name: we get them to input their first name, right? At any rate, that response will then be stored into a String variable called firstName.

See if that helps point you in the right direction for the rest of the challenge and post back if you are still stuck.

Happy coding,
Ken