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Tyler Anyan
2,976 PointsTrouble with 3rd step of getting started with java challenge
I can't figure out what's wrong here and it seems so simple but no matter what I do (have tried a few different approaches) it errors and says I somehow broke task 2.
String firstName = "Tyler"; console.printf("Tyler can code in Java!"); console.printf(firstName, "can code in Java!");
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName = "Tyler";
console.printf("Tyler can code in Java!");
console.printf(firstName, "can code in Java!");
2 Answers
Tyler Anyan
2,976 PointsOk, took some messing around but I somehow missed some of the details regarding "%s" and what it does (calls in a variable that gets defined later to that point in the string). For anyone else having some headaches with that, it should look something like this:
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console String firstName = "Tyler"; console.printf("%s can code in Java!", firstName);
Tyler Anyan
2,976 PointsOk well it looks like if the variable is coming first then using a comma doesn't work, checked with the google and it looks like it goes console.printf(firstName + "can code in Java!"); . Works in the workspace, hopefully challenge too.
Tyler Anyan
2,976 PointsScratch that. It works online, it works in workspace, not in the challenge. Back to the drawing board...