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

Tomasz Bagiński
Tomasz Bagiński
3,153 Points
Posted by Tomasz Bagiński
Tomasz Bagiński
3,153 Points

I cant printf my name I make some mistake syntax :/

Hello

I try do what website want's but without good syntax from my site :/

Name.java 
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console



class Name {
  public static void main(String[] args){
   Console console = System.console();

    String firstName = "Tom";

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

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

For the basic Java challenges you don't have to include any boilerplate code. In other words you don't need to create a class or method to hold your code, and you don't need to instantiate the console object yourself. All of that is done for you automatically by the challenge checker.

The only code you need to type is code that will accomplish the exact thing the challenge is asking for. Since the challenge only asks you to create a String variable to hold your name and to print it out those are the only two lines of code you need.

So these two lines:

String firstName = "Tom";
console.printf("%s can code in Java", firstName);

From your solution is all that is needed to solve this challenge.