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Farheen Saifullah
610 PointsOutput a sentence
Output a sentence that takes both the name and past tense verb using statement. Out should look like this : name really past tense verb this coding exercise.
// 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 a pastTenseVerb : ");
console.printf("%s + really + pastTenseVerb");
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsWhen using printf, remember to place a token for each value you want inserted. You have one token but you need another one instead of the literal "pastTenseVerb". Also, the sentence should not have "+" symbols.
Then, for each token you use in the format string, you need to supply an argument following the string that will be used to substitute the token(s). So in this case:
console.printf("%s really %s", name, pastTenseVerb);
Farheen Saifullah
610 PointsFarheen Saifullah
610 PointsThat makes so much sense, thank you!