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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Posted by paul gaitan
paul gaitan
355 Points

string missing firstName

confused what i am missing

IO.java 
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.

String firstName = console.readLine ("What is your first name?  ");

String lastName = console.readLine ("What is your last name?  ");

console.printf ("%s", firstName);

1 Answer

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 Points

They want the you to print out the text "First name: " and then the value, you're just printing the value right now. So you need something like this:

console.printf ("First name: %s", firstName);
paul gaitan
paul gaitan
355 Points

thanks i figured it out! i was a bit confused at first