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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Strings and Variables

Posted by Lisa Conyers
Lisa Conyers
53 Points

Call the printf function on the console object and make it print out "<YOUR NAME> can code in Java!"

Call the printf function on the console object and make it print out "<YOUR NAME> can code in Java!"

1 Answer

Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points
Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points

Something like this should work:

console.printf("%s can code in Java!", name);

Your calling the console object and using the print format method on it. The first parameter that goes in is the string that you are going to print out to the console. Since your name is a string %s is used to represent where the variable of your name will go. The second parameter is the variable that holds a string version of your name. The 'name' variable in this case is going to be the %s in the code. So if 'name' = "John" then it would say "John can code in Java!"