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Java Java Basics Using your New Tools Multiple Format Strings

Posted by eliasfaqs eliasfaqs
eliasfaqs eliasfaqs
320 Points

w

s

Multiple.java 
// I've imported java.io.Console for you.  It is stored in a variable called console for you.
String name = console.readLine("Enter your name:  ");
String PastTenseVerb = console.readLine("Verb:  ");

1 Answer

Joseph Wasden
Joseph Wasden
20,407 Points

While W and S are two of my favorite letters, in the future, try using them with their other 24 brothers and sisters to create words like nouns, verbs, adjectives, and string those together into clauses to make sentences that lead to paragraphs. The written language is a beautiful thing, and it would be a shame if you went through life only using two letters whenever you needed to ask a question.

As far as the code challenge, in challenge 2, you need to start the PastTenseVerb variable with a lowercase letter, (eg, pastTenseVerb) so that the variable name is formatted in camelCase.

// I've imported java.io.Console for you.  It is stored in a variable called console for you.
String name = console.readLine("Enter your name:  ");
String pastTenseVerb = console.readLine("Verb:  "); //<--- note the lowercase starting letter

for challenge 3, you need to make use of the printf method and use %s placeholders to plug variable values into your declared printf string. 

// I've imported java.io.Console for you.  It is stored in a variable called console for you.
String name = console.readLine("Enter your name:  ");
String pastTenseVerb = console.readLine("Verb:  ");

console.printf("%s really %s this coding exercise.", name, pastTenseVerb);