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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Carolyn Alberti
Carolyn Alberti
469 Points

It keeps saying to use printf on console object, but i did?

Im really unsure what I did wrong

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

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points

What task are you on?

Task 3 and 4 of this challenge are very similar, so it's possible you moved on to the next task without realizing it. Your code should pass task 3, but in task 4 you need to write a new console.printf call where you print out the last name.

Like this:

String firstName = console.readLine("What is your name?  ");
String lastName = console.readLine("What is your last name?  ");
console.printf("First Name: %s", firstName);
console.printf("Last Name: %s", lastName);