hello anyone out there>? the challenge questions are not worded the way the training was. So i have no clue what itasks

What the challeges wants you to do is print the variable you saved your name in. You are printing "Rob" when you should be printing the variable name you stored "Rob" in.

Goodluck! --Ricky

ok thx i guess. hmmm. well maybe i will figure it out. i hope

Haha I can walk you through it.

String box = "Ricky Catron"

now "Ricky Catron" is stored in the box. If I wanted to print "Ricky Catron" I could simply print box. A.K.A

String box = "Ricky Catron";

console.printf(box);

The instructions are specific. It is asking that you write "Rob can code in Java!". Does your code do that?

// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console String firstName ="Rob"; console.printf ("Rob");

Thats what i have. so it has to be String box="name" even though first one was correct? i feel like a child. Python was so much simpler lol.

you are kidding me it is literal?

ok that worked fine. idk if this course is for me. if it has literal interpretations i dont think i can do it. it just confuses me cause i am expecting to be challenged on bringing up what i learned. now i really can't focus. Things like this: The code you write in each task should be added to the code written in the previous task." (to me im thinking what is considered a task? everytime i hit next?or is that one entire task?)-- it also confuse me. the way it's worded im not understanding it. Looks like i have some rethinking to do. Thanks for the help both of you guys.

Not sure what you mean by literal interpretations, but I recommend you stick with it, just a few more videos. This is definitely building on what was in the video, and all of the code challenges will do so as well. I think you just got off to a confusing start.

Let me know if you get stuck on anything else.

Happy coding!

right. i remember the %s, but if i put it in the first line, there is nothing to show in next line what the first name is. .maybe im just overthinking this. i will try few more videos.

it may seem funny but i actually code games faster than i can learn this by trial and error. i feel like idk what is happening. maybe im thinking of too many things in my head. again thanks for the help

this was part of the lesson: console.printf ("Hello, my name is %s\n", firstName);

in this challenge, it doesnt apply or work.

if i replace my firstName with---> %s it does nothing. String firstName "%s" <---thats how i am reading this

I think you are going to have show your code. I do not understand what you mean by

if i replace my firstName with---> %s it does nothing. String firstName "%s" <---thats how i am reading this

see thats where this comes into play and where i said "the formatting of the instructions, the way it is worded doesn't match what we learned". Cause in the video the reason for the \n was to create a new line. %s is the formatter.

:Now replace your name with the firstName variable using the string formatter. <--instructions doesnt say to use what we did in previous assignment.

how i would write it: Now replace your "name" with "firsName". When you write it like that it becomes simpler than trying to understand your higher knowledge of all this. I feel because you are an expert, you need to literally come down to the horrible 10th grade level of communication. only because everything was written in a way you already know what the task is. you have to write it in a way we would know. at least me. I dont know if i am the first to bring this up. im sure you are tearing your hair out. just be patient with me. I will try it again, just nothing about it says using the \n, "firstName");

sorry i am trying to learn but it's not coming to me. I can write code all day in python and some php formatting of games, but this is just confusing. Videos are great. the explanation and challenges are very hard to understand sometimes what they are asking you to do.

please how me how this should look : Use the %s formatter and pass it your firstName variable, which should still be set to your first name (Rob)