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Java Java Basics Using your New Tools Multiple Format Strings

Posted by Abdul Khoujja
Abdul Khoujja
Courses Plus Student 94 Points

it does not recognise the %s which are all correctly inputed, keeps saying Looks like you forgot %s formatting

it does not recognise the %s which are all correctly inputed, keeps saying Looks like you forgot %s formatting

Multiple.java 
// I've imported java.io.Console for you.  It is stored in a variable called console for you.
String name = console.readLine("name"); 
String pastTenseVerb = console.readLine("pastTenseVerb");
console.printf(name, "%s really %s", pastTenseVerb, "%s this coding exercise. %s");
Fathima Fas-ha
Fathima Fas-ha
6,847 Points
Fathima Fas-ha
Fathima Fas-ha
6,847 Points

Hey! Try this way :

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

1 Answer

Rajbie Sarwar
Rajbie Sarwar
4,772 Points
Rajbie Sarwar
Rajbie Sarwar
4,772 Points

Methods (such as printf) are very particular on the order you write stuff (arguments) inside the parenthesis. You should always have your variables after the sentence in double quotes. Like this:

console.printf("text text %s %s text text", variable1, variable2);