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Java Java Objects Meet Objects Final

Posted by Kortney Field
Kortney Field
14,088 Points

what is %n again?

Just need a explanation reminder of what is %n and how is it different from %s.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,810 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,810 Points

Those are both placeholder tokens used in output formatting. The "%s" represents a string to be substituted using a value from another argument, and "%n" represents a line separator (new line).

Kortney Field
Kortney Field
14,088 Points

new line isn't \n?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,810 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,810 Points

The online documentation says that "%n" is a platform-independent newline.
"You should always use %n, rather than \n."