Java™ How To Program (Early Objects), Tenth Edition

2.4 Displaying Text with printf

The System.out.printf method (f means “formatted”) displays formatted data. Figure 2.6 uses this method to output on two lines the strings "Welcome to" and "Java Programming!".

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 1   // Fig. 2.6: Welcome4.java 2   // Displaying multiple lines with method System.out.printf. 3  4   public class Welcome4 5   { 6      // main method begins execution of Java application 7      public static void main(String[] args) 8      { 9         System.out.printf("%s%n%s%n",         10            "Welcome to", "Java Programming!");11      } // end method main12   } // end class Welcome4

Welcome toJava Programming!

Fig. 2.6 | Displaying multiple lines with method System.out.printf.

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