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

Posted by Ignat Artemenko
Ignat Artemenko
5,739 Points

What does is mean by "set the value to your name" ?

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Name.java 
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named consol
string firstName = "john";
console.printf("%s/n", firstName);

2 Answers

Yongshuo Wang
Yongshuo Wang
5,500 Points
Yongshuo Wang
Yongshuo Wang
5,500 Points

It means set the variable value to your name :

// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named consol
String firstName = "Your First Name";
console.printf("%s\n", firstName);
uzoma obasi
uzoma obasi
10,263 Points
uzoma obasi
uzoma obasi
10,263 Points

It is asking you to give the string variable firstName the value of YOUR first name