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achilles serrano
112 PointsIntroductions printing name all uppercase
why is my name being printed in all uppercase import java.io.Console;
public class Introductions {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Console console = System.console();
// Welcome to the Introductions program! Your code goes below here
String firstName = "Achilles";
console.printf("Hello, my name is %S\n", firstName);
console.printf("%S is learning how to write Java\n", firstName);
} }
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there, achilles serrano! The simple answer is: because you told it to. When you use %S it converts the string to all upper case. What you're looking for is %s (lower case), which leaves the string as-is.
Hope this helps!
