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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Introduction to Your Tools

Posted by Siddesh Gannu
Siddesh Gannu
3,565 Points

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

I have learned Java in college and my professor did tell me about the method we used in the video. However, he said that it is easier to just use System.our.println(""); and print out what we desire. Is there any specific reason why we are creating an object for console and then calling the printf method on it?

Thanks

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Siddesh,

Using printf allows us to use a formatter in our string output. We can use string interpolation to insert the values of variables into the output string. There's some documentation on it here.

I hope that helps,

Steve.