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

Hanns Carrillo
Hanns Carrillo
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Posted by Hanns Carrillo
Hanns Carrillo
648 Points

printf

strings

Brendon Butler
Brendon Butler
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Brendon Butler
Brendon Butler
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Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
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Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
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Hey Hanns,

welcome to the coolest java forum on the planet :)

The printf function prints a formatted text to the console or inside an IDE (like IntellyJ or Eclipse). To use the printf() function you will need formatters.

  • This are %s for Strings that you will use a lot in the course:
String name = "Hanns";
// you create a String variable that represents your name
System.out.printf("my name is %s", name);
// where you place the %s (String formatter) formatter there will be your "name"

There are formatters not only for String, but for numbers, chars, floats and more ...

See here:

https://www.cs.colostate.edu/~cs160/.Fall15/resources/Java_printf_method_quick_reference.pdf

And in the challenges you will see this code:

console.printf("my name is %s", name);
// this is the same as above but using the console object for printing text

I hope I could help a little

Grigorij