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

Posted by esraa mohammed
esraa mohammed
53 Points

Console.printf ("Esraa can code in java!"); whats wrong with my code they say there is syntax error

please answer me

Name.java 
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName="Esraa";
Console.printf ("Esraa can code in java!");

2 Answers

Philip Schultz
Philip Schultz
11,437 Points
Philip Schultz
Philip Schultz
11,437 Points

Hello, It is asking you to use string formaters. 

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

See how you can replace the %s format with a string variable. Let me know if you have any questions.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi there,

At this stage, you are hard-coding your name into the output string. The reason your code is failing is because you have capitalised Console. The object is called console with a lowercase 'c'. Change that, and your code passes task 2.

The next task (3 of 3) will use placeholders, as Philip has suggested.

Steve.