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

Posted by Joshu Cohen
Joshu Cohen
315 Points

I tried to use the format specifier but it is giving me a compile error. Can you please help me see what I did wrong.

Thank you for looking into this for me.

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

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