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James Young
775 Pointsoutputting multiple variables
hey guys please if anyone could take a look at my code and let me know where I am messing up I would really appreciate it. Thank you
// 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("name: %s",name) really ("Past tense verb: %s",pastTenseVerb) this coding exercise.
2 Answers
Richard Ling
8,522 PointsHi James,
The question asks for the output to look like this: name really past tense verb this coding exercise.
I can see how this may be confusing, but it's actually asking for: name really past tense verb this coding exercise. Where the bold items are the variables that you have populated from the user.
The last line should then look like this:
console.printf("%s really %s this coding exercise.", name, pastTenseVerb);
You can write the output string within the quotes, just putting %s in the places that you want your variables to appear, and then comma separate them afterwards. So the first parameter name will replace the first %s and the second parameter pastTenseVerb will replace the second %s.
I hope this makes sense :)
Thanks, Rich
James Young
775 PointsHey Rich,
Thank you again for helping me out, it is a little confusing starting out. But having people like you, who help out when can, really makes learning this stuff a little simpler. Thank you for your time!
Best Wishes
Richard Ling
8,522 PointsNo problem James, I'm new to Treehouse, and to a couple of the technologies here too, but it's always good when there's an active community to try help us all along when we need it ;)
Good luck with the rest of the courses!