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Luis Paulino
Courses Plus Student 1,779 PointsI'm not sure what to do here?
But, I feel like i'm getting better. Please send pics visual learner.
String firstName= console.readLine("first name");
String lastName= console.readLine("last name" );
console.printf("First name:Luis %s",);
1 Answer
Ben Reynolds
35,170 PointsThe "%s" in a formatted string is a placeholder for whatever goes in the second argument of the printf method (although you can have as many as you want separated by commas). The syntax is like this:
String someString = "test";
console.printf("This is a %s.", someString);
// Will print "This is a test."
// Or with multiple arguments:
String string1 = "another"
String string2 = "test";
console.printf("This is %s %s.", string1, string2);