Why don't we use System.out.println("")?

What Grigorij says is not entirely true. you can use it with variables "no change needed" aswel

you can use both, with println you can concatinate

example:

String myName = "Chris";
int age = 27;
System.out.println("My name is " + myName " and I am " + age + " years old.");

you would get: My name is Chris and I am 27 years old.

Hi Siddhesh,

printf method gives you the possibility to use formatters like %s or %d. So the code is more flexible and looks cleaner.

For example you create two variables:

String name = "Siddhesh";
String last lastName = "Gannu";

The println looks like this and can create it without the variables.

System.out.println("My name is Siddhesh Gannu");

But if you change the name variables to something else you will need to change the names inside the parenthesis.

// change needed
System.out.println("My name is newName newLastName");

If you use the printf method you can use the old code:

System.out.print("My name is %s %s", name, lastName );
// no change needed

Does it make sense?

Grigorij

right, good point grigorij, i forgot to mention the new line :)

I don't see a reason to pick a way other than personal preferences. Both can concatinate, both can use variables.

I have no idea what would be better.

I tend to use system.out.println, because then i can see what gets written more easely

with system.out.print i have to look and put the variables in place to see what gets written

Yeah Buddy!