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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

David Reid
David Reid
2,082 Points
Posted by David Reid
David Reid
2,082 Points

Stuck on "Print out to the screen using the printf method on console, "First name: " and the user's first name."

I keep getting the error that says make sure to use the first name variable, but I believe I did in the last line of code there.

IO.java 
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
Print out to the screen using the printf method on console, "First name: " and the user's first name.
String firstName = console.readLine ("what is your first name");
String lastName = console.readLine ("What is your last name");
console.printf("%s\n", firstName);

3 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points

You need to print "First name: " before the name. Also the 2nd line should be commented out with 2 forward slashes since it's not Java code.

David Reid
David Reid
2,082 Points
David Reid
David Reid
2,082 Points

I finally got, it took a little bit but this helped. Thank you very much!

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Try it this way :

//here you store the user input in the String firstName
String firstName = console.readLine ("what is your first name ");

//here you use the printf method from the console class to print the users input (firstName) for the format %s
console.printf("Your first name is %s\n ", firstName);

Hope it helps :)

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hey keep on descovering ... we are all beginners in some way, somewhere...