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Christopher Starr
373 PointsJava Basics? Not understanding my error! Please Help!
After following the lesson, I felt I completed the exercise correctly. With that said, I am unsure of where I'm going wrong.
// 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 %s this coding exercise, name, pastTenseVerb ");
2 Answers
Michael Hess
24,512 PointsTry this:
console.printf("%s really %s this coding exercise", name, pastTenseVerb );
That should work!
Michael Hess
24,512 PointsHi Christopher,
You basically have it, but name and pastTenseVerb should not be within quotation marks -- the variables don't go inside the quotes in a printf statement.
It should look like this:
console.printf("%s really %s this coding exercise", name, pastTenseVerb );
Hope this helps :)
Christopher Starr
373 PointsThank you for your feedback, Michael. I'm now getting a syntax error before and after name, and after pastTenseVerb.
Christopher Starr
373 PointsChristopher Starr
373 PointsThat worked! Thank you very much!