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

Java Challenge

What am I doing wrong? This is extremely frustrating.

Name.java
String firstName = "Momzy";
//thisIsAnExampleOfCamelCasing
console.printf("Hello, my name is %s\n", firstName);
console.printf("%s is learning how to write Java\n", firstName);
console.printf("%s can code in Java\n", firstName);

Bummer! Make sure you add the %s formatter

What the heck?

2 Answers

Hello there,

I think there's just an issue here with the challenge looking specifically for the line it asked you to print, and no more. Since your code is printing three lines and it only asks for one, I think it's just throwing things off. When I remove the two lines it doesn't ask for and just leave the one it does, it passes - you're using the %s correctly.

Final should look like this:

// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName = "Momzy";
//thisIsAnExampleOfCamelCasing
console.printf("%s can code in Java\n", firstName);

Thank you so much! This worked. I am so grateful.

Raffael Dettling
Raffael Dettling
32,999 Points

Only use the last last printf and donΒ΄t forget the ! after Java :)

Thank you very much. This helped a lot.