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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Posted by Marie Thompson
Marie Thompson
3,949 Points

Everything looks right... but when I submit it, it keeps asking if I forgot to include the first name function.

My code format matches everything I did successfully in my workspace. I am perplexed at why it is not reading the firstName variable I've put in the console.printf it keeps saying it's missing but it isn't.

IO.java 
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
String firstName = "Sally";
String lastName = "Jones";
  console.readLine(firstName);
  console.readLine(lastName);
  console.printf("First name: %s", firstName);
Marie Thompson
Marie Thompson
3,949 Points

I solved it :) It was easy once I took a step back and realized I missed most of the video! I had come back to the course and didn't realize I had missed a step.

// I have imported java.io.Console for you. It is a variable called console. String firstName = console.readLine("What is your first name? "); String lastName = console.readLine("What is your last name? "); console.printf("First name: %s", firstName); console.printf("Last name: %s", lastName);

Mark Miller
Mark Miller
45,831 Points
Mark Miller
Mark Miller
45,831 Points

The challenge says to assign the user's input as the value of first and last names. You must use the = sign to assign the user's input to be the values of your two Strings.

String firstName = console.readLine();

You don't need anything in the parenthesis, but I think you may have the choice of typing in a prompt for the user.

1 Answer

Marie Thompson
Marie Thompson
3,949 Points

I solved it :) It was easy once I took a step back and realized I missed most of the video! I had come back to the course and didn't realize I had missed a step.

// I have imported java.io.Console for you. It is a variable called console. String firstName = console.readLine("What is your first name? "); String lastName = console.readLine("What is your last name? "); console.printf("First name: %s", firstName); console.printf("Last name: %s", lastName);