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

Yusif Maniyev
Yusif Maniyev
93 Points
Posted by Yusif Maniyev
Yusif Maniyev
93 Points

String firstName = "Yuska"; console.printf("Yuska"); what is wrong

// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console String firstName = "Yuska"; console.printf("Yuska"); WHAT IS WRONG

Name.java 
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName = "Yuska";
console.printf("Yuska");

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The challenge instructions say: Call the printf method on the console object and make it write out "<YOUR NAME> can code in Java!"

But the code above is printing "Yuska" instead of the string the instructions asked for.