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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Strings, Variables, and Formatting

Posted by Lei Qu
Lei Qu
38 Points

String firstName="YOUR NAME"; console.printf("%s\n", firstName); what am I doing wrong here?

keep saying my code is not right but it print out YOUR NAME in the output....

Name.java 
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName="YOUR NAME";
console.printf("%s\n", firstName);

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! Yes, your code is printing out "YOUR NAME" right now. But the challenge asks that it print out the value of firstName and " can code in Java!". The idea here was to give firstName your name. In my case, I would have made the value of firstName equal to "Jennifer". The next line should then print out "Jennifer can code in Java!".

This is how I would have done it.

String firstName="Jennifer";
console.printf("%s can code in Java!\n", firstName);

Hope this helps! :sparkles: