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Stephen Williams
4,419 PointsWhat is a String formatter?
not sure what im doing wrong
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName = "Stephen";
console.printf(firstName "can code in java!");
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Derek Markman
16,291 Points// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
String firstName = "Stephen";
console.printf("%s can code in java!", firstName); //make sure your firstName var is included outside of the quotes, but still inside of the printf method.
When using the printf method, to include specific values, be it, numbers, strings etc... you need to use a specific String formatter to include that value into your printf statement. For strings the string formatter you want to use is the "%s" string formatter, for numbers like an int, you would use the "%d" formatter.