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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Posted by John Cardelli
John Cardelli
432 Points

.....bh

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IO.java 
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.

String firstName = console.readLine("What is your name?");

String lastName = console.readLine("What is your last name?");

console.printf("First name:" + %s  );

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

The replacement token needs to be inside the template string, and the value to fill it with must be supplied as an additional argument:

console.printf("First name: %s", firstName);
John Cardelli
John Cardelli
432 Points
John Cardelli
John Cardelli
432 Points

Thank you very much Steven