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

Posted by Bruce West
Bruce West
611 Points

I’m doing this correctly, right? but it won’t accept my submission. How do I move forward in the lesson?

I’m replacing my name with the string variable %s in this lesson, and doing exactly like the video lesson, and it’s printing correctly to the console, yet when I click check work it says I need to include %s. Already done.

Name.java 
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName = "Bruce";
console.printf ("Hello, my name is %s \n", firstName);
console.printf ("%s can code in Java.\n", firstName);

1 Answer

Daniel Marin
Daniel Marin
8,021 Points
Daniel Marin
Daniel Marin
8,021 Points

Hi, It's because the requirement is to output <YOUR NAME> can code in Java.
You can remove this line:

console.printf ("Hello, my name is %s \n", firstName);