printf question

[Jeff Ciaccio]

Can somebody please point me in the right direction. What is the proper syntax for printf when you have multiple strings and numbers? For example:

 System.out.print(fahrenheit + "F = " + celcius+" C");

Thanks!!

[Vladislav Mkrtychev]

Hello, I am kind of new to this as well, but the syntax is:

System.out.print(myVariable + "myString" + myDouble);
[ November 29, 2008: Message edited by: Vladislav Mkrtychev ]

[Campbell Ritchie]

Remember printf only works in Java5 and higher. There are details in the Java� Tutorials and in the Formatter class.

I think what you want is

System.out.printf("The temperature is %.2fC or %.2fF.%n", celsius, fahrenheit);

That will print "The temperature is 20.00C or 68.00F.", assuming you haven't got a rounding error producing 67.99F or similar!

[Jeff Ciaccio]

OH... so I don't need to specify strings at all. The % acts kind of like an escape character?

I had read the tutorial but did not see how to specify a string in addition to numbers. Your post was very helpful

Thanks Campbell!!
- jeff

[Campbell Ritchie]

You're welcome. You can print a String variable with the %s tags. For entertainment purposes: try the %s tag with a variety of different Objects and see what happens. Then try the %b tag with a variety of different Objects and numbers and see what happens. Be sure to try some "null" references amongst the Objects.