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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Hai Phan
Hai Phan
2,442 Points
Posted by Hai Phan
Hai Phan
2,442 Points

Why challenge fail when I use print instead of printf?

Hence I just want to print the string inside " ", not any format here, so I think print should work. But it didn't, can someone explain it?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

The Console class does not have a method named "print". But "printf" can be used to output a plain string.

See the Console page of the Java manual for more details.

Aayush Mitra
Aayush Mitra
24,904 Points
Aayush Mitra
Aayush Mitra
24,904 Points

Hey Hai Phan!

print() is not a method inside the Console Class. printf is the primary method for printing. There is also System.out.println(), but I don't think you have gotten to that yet.