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Java Java Basics Using your New Tools Multiple Format Strings

Tashfin Shahid
Tashfin Shahid
1,298 Points
Posted by Tashfin Shahid
Tashfin Shahid
1,298 Points

What does %s do?

I keep getting this error even when I have entered it "Looks like you forgot to use the %s formatter"

Multiple.java 
// I've imported java.io.Console for you.  It is stored in a variable called console for you.
String name = console.readLine("Enter your name:");
String pastTenseVerb = console.readLine("Enter your verb:");
console.printf(name,"%sreally",pastTenseVerb);

finally got it correct thank you for the help

String name = console.readLine("Enter your name:");

String pastTenseVerb = console.readLine("Enter your verb:");

console.printf("%s really %s this coding exercise", name, pastTenseVerb);

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

The "%s" acts as a placeholder for where the "printf" will put the value from the next argument. But you still need to do a bit more to complete the instructions, which said:

It should look like this:   *name* really *past tense verb* this coding exercise.

So the issues you still need to address include:

  • the "name" argument should come after the template string
  • the template string needs two placeholders, one for the name, and one for the verb
  • the template string should also contain the phrase "this coding exercise" after the second placeholder