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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

atolagbe elijah
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atolagbe elijah
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atolagbe elijah
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 464 Points

printing response(lk a variable) in a string

please how can I print the response variable into the string of the last line console.printf,thanks

Example.java 
// I have initialized a java.io.Console for you. It is in a variable named console.
String response;
do{response=console.readLine("do you understand do while loops");}
  while(response.equals("No"));
console.printf("because you said No response ,you passed the test");

2 Answers

scribbles
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21,173 Points

When using prinft you pass a formatString as the first parameter and any arguments to replace the placeholder characters in the formatString as the other parameters.

Something like this should work:

console.printf("Because you said %s, you passed the test!", response);