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Java Java Basics Using your New Tools Multiple Format Strings

Shafiqul Islam
Shafiqul Islam
574 Points
Posted by Shafiqul Islam
Shafiqul Islam
574 Points

I am not sure what is happening here...

I have looked at threads and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong...

Multiple.java 
String name = console.readLine("What is your name?  ");
String adjective = console.readLine("Enter an adjective:  ");
String pastTenseVerb = console.readLine("Enter a past tense verb: ");
console.printf("%s really %s this coding exercise %s ", name, adjective, pastTenseVerb);
john snow
john snow
32 Points

you must run it with terminal or cmd

import java.io.Console;//import Console class
public class JavaApplication31 {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Console console = System.console();
        if (console == null) {
            System.out.println("Unable to fetch console");
            return;
        }
        String name = console.readLine("What is your name?  ");
        String adjective = console.readLine("Enter an adjective:  ");
        String pastTenseVerb = console.readLine("Enter a past tense verb: ");
        console.printf("%s really %s this coding exercise %s ", name, adjective, pastTenseVerb);
    }

}
Shafiqul Islam
Shafiqul Islam
574 Points
Shafiqul Islam
Shafiqul Islam
574 Points

Thank you for your help, John, but that did not work.

john snow
john snow
32 Points

it works

u must compile and run javac appName.java

java appName

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

Challenges are very specific about what they want you to do, and doing anything different or more than what is asked for will often lead to failure.

The challenge asks you to create a name and pastTenseVerb variable and to print them out. It does not asks you to create an adjective variable and it does not ask you to print that out.

If you create only the variables asked for and print them out in the way shown like this:

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

Then your code will pass the challenge.

Shafiqul Islam
Shafiqul Islam
574 Points
Shafiqul Islam
Shafiqul Islam
574 Points

This worked thank you!!