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Java Java Basics Using your New Tools Multiple Format Strings

Error with order of strings

It says that I am entering things in the incorrect order, but I don't think I am. Help!

Multiple.java
// 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:  ");
console.printf("%s", name);
String pastTenseVerb = console.readLine("Enter a past tense verb:  ");
console.printf("%s", pastTenseVerb);
console.printf("%s really %s this coding excercise", name, pastTenseVerb);

1 Answer

Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,884 Points

you have to only answer to the question, that you have asked, there is nothing wrong with your code of java.

you have overdone the question, the answer checker is a program and not a human, so you gotta answer just according to what the question have had asked.

String name = console.readLine("Enter your name:  ");
//console.printf("%s", name);
String pastTenseVerb = console.readLine("Enter a past tense verb:  ");
//console.printf("%s", pastTenseVerb);
console.printf("%s really %s this coding excercise", name, pastTenseVerb);

// check, the above 2 commented lines, if the question have had asked for it.