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Java Java Basics Using your New Tools Multiple Format Strings

Posted by Aditi Singh
Aditi Singh
1,201 Points

how to put the spaces to frame this statement :`__name__ really __pastTenseVerb__` described above

The output is not clear as to what to get on the screen

Multiple.java 
// I've imported java.io.Console for you.  It is stored in a variable called console for you.
String name = console.readLine("Name:%s");
String pastTenseVerb = console.readLine("Past Tense Verb:%t");
console.printf("%s",name);
console.printf("really");
console.printf("%t",pastTenseVerb);
console.printf("this coding exercise");

1 Answer

Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
155,055 Points
Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
155,055 Points

Hi Aditi,

  • The challenge instructions want us to stick to only one print statement. Thankfully, this can be done!
  • Java uses %s to specify that the type of the variable to print is a string, and not some other data type. Fortunately, we can use %s multiple times in a single statement, because Java can tell the order of the variables to print from the order of the arguments in our statement.
  • When printing a statement like this one, we want to make sure that spaces are properly printed in, so that the statement 'reads like this', rather than 'readslikethis'.
// I've imported java.io.Console for you.  It is stored in a variable called console for you.
String name = console.readLine("Name:");
String pastTenseVerb = console.readLine("Past Tense Verb:");
console.printf("%s really %s this coding exercise.", name, pastTenseVerb);

Hope this helps!