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Java The Thing About Strings

Posted by Ethan Goodwin
Ethan Goodwin
6,537 Points

How is there color on the string results in this video?

The YAY!'s are green and the WAT??!'s are red. How do you make a string have color?

2 Answers

Tony Gemenie
Tony Gemenie
3,781 Points
Tony Gemenie
Tony Gemenie
3,781 Points

I can't tell if you're yankin my chain er what Ethan but since there are no bad questions...@ min 1:05 it shows the code when you string.format he enters ANSI_GREEN.

Ethan Goodwin
Ethan Goodwin
6,537 Points

Ok thanks! I was just listening really. I wasn't coding along. I didn't see that, thank you!

kevin hudson
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kevin hudson
Courses Plus Student 11,987 Points
kevin hudson
kevin hudson
Courses Plus Student 11,987 Points 
 sb.append(String.format("%sYAY!%s", 
                             ANSI_GREEN, 
                             ANSI_RESET));