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Java

Posted by Muhamed Asil
Muhamed Asil
7,453 Points

PezDispinser error

Example.java value public class Example {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("We are a making a new Pez Dispinser.");
    PezDispinser dispiner = new PezDispinser();
    System.out.println("The dispiner character is %s\n",
                       dispiner.mCharacterName);

}

}

PezDispinser.java value public class PezDispinser{ public String mCharacterName = "Asil"; }

and when I type clear && javac Example.java && java Example in console I see this error message 

              ^                                                                                                  
method PrintStream.println() is not applicable                                                                   
  (actual and formal argument lists differ in length)                                                            
method PrintStream.println(boolean) is not applicable                                                            
  (actual and formal argument lists differ in length)                                                            
method PrintStream.println(char) is not applicable                                                               
  (actual and formal argument lists differ in length)                                                            
method PrintStream.println(int) is not applicable                                                                
  (actual and formal argument lists differ in length)                                                            
method PrintStream.println(long) is not applicable                                                               
  (actual and formal argument lists differ in length)                                                            
method PrintStream.println(float) is not applicable                                                              
  (actual and formal argument lists differ in length)                                                            
method PrintStream.println(double) is not applicable                                                             
  (actual and formal argument lists differ in length)                                                            
method PrintStream.println(char[]) is not applicable                                                             
  (actual and formal argument lists differ in length)                                                            
method PrintStream.println(String) is not applicable                                                             
  (actual and formal argument lists differ in length)                                                            
method PrintStream.println(Object) is not applicable                                                             
  (actual and formal argument lists differ in length)

1 error

1 Answer

Jakob Wozniak
Jakob Wozniak
17,896 Points
Jakob Wozniak
Jakob Wozniak
17,896 Points

I think you're mixing up "printf" and "println". If you want to print your answer, you can do it either of these two ways:

System.out.println("The dispiner character is " + dispiner.mCharacterName);
System.out.printf("The dispiner character is %s", dispiner.mCharacterName);

I hope this is clear!