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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

valentine Aneke
valentine Aneke
203 Points
Posted by valentine Aneke
valentine Aneke
203 Points

how do you declare a variable

mkm

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

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

You already declared a string variable in the previous challenge.

The only difference here is that you're using a function to get the value to initialize it with:

String firstName = console.readLine("What's your name?");