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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Posted by aman JAIN
aman JAIN
416 Points

Ensure your format string contains the text `"Last name:"`. what does this even mean

what should i do

IO.java 
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
String firstName=console.readLine("Aman");
String lastName=console.readLine("Last name");
console.printf("%s", firstName);
console.printf("FirstName");
console.printf("%s",lastName);

1 Answer

Katie Wood
Katie Wood
19,141 Points

Hi there,

The challenge is asking you to have the text "Last name: " in the string you print - that's what the message is talking about. In the end, it wants it to print "First name: " then the first name, and then "Last name: " followed by the last name. It would look something like this:

// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
String firstName = console.readLine();
String lastName = console.readLine();

console.printf("First name: %s", firstName);
console.printf("Last name: %s", lastName);
aman JAIN
aman JAIN
416 Points

thanks how could i have missed this