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

Posted by Kyle Edgar
Kyle Edgar
1,102 Points

I dont think i have been taught this yet?

Call the printf method? Im not sure what that is

Name.java 
//Console console = System.console();
String firstName = "Kyle";
  console.printf("Hello, my name is Kyle", firstName);
  console.printf("Kyle is learning how to write Java", firstName);

1 Answer

Tsenko Aleksiev
Tsenko Aleksiev
3,819 Points
Tsenko Aleksiev
Tsenko Aleksiev
3,819 Points

String firstName = "Kyle"; console.printf("Hello, my name is %s", firstName); You just use placeholders ( in this scenario %s for a string ) and replace that holder with your appropriate variable :)