New Boston tutorial #16 - getting an error

[Patrick De]

I am using the NewBoston tutorials and have come across an error. After checking it over time and time again, my code is exactly the same (I think). I cannot find out where I went wrong. It is in two classes, here is the code:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class mainClass {
public static void main(String[] args) {
	
	Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
	classOne classOneObject = new classOne ();
	
	System.out.println("Enter name of first girlfriend here : ");
	String temp = input.nextLine();
	classOneObject.setName(temp);
	classOneObject.saying();
}
}

classOne code

public class classOne {
private String girlName;
public void setName(String name){
	girlName=name;
}
public String getName(){
	return girlName;
}

public void saying(){
	System.out.printf("your first gf was %s", getName());
}


		}

The error is :
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problem:
The method printf(String, Object[]) in the type PrintStream is not applicable for the arguments (String, String)

at classOne.saying(classOne.java:12)
at mainClass.main(mainClass.java:13)

[Stefan Evans]

The code looks ok to me.
How are you compiling this code?
What version of java are you using?
Are you using the standard sun java compiler/runtime ?

[Tushar Goel]

as per javadoc usage is correct. May be problem is with your version as Stefan mentioned.

[David Holcomb]

I recommend you steer clear of NewBoston and find someone/something else to learn from:

http://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/11ubro/28_ways_to_learn_programming/c6pwzdn

http://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/11ubro/28_ways_to_learn_programming/c6ppc38

[Mark King]

David Holcomb wrote:I recommend you steer clear of NewBoston

I agree, I've watched his tutorials, he never explains anything, he just shows you what to do, so when something breaks you have no clue why.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Very peculiar error.

Go and hunt for the Java® Language Specification (=JLS) and go through it looking for “varargs”. What is happening is that printf takes a varargs of Objects after the format String and it turns those arguments into an array. If you write the identifier for a single String there (remember that there is only one format String because the compiler joins the two halves with the + operator): girlName
System.out.printf("You have spent years trying to forget %s and this daft%n" +
    "program insists on reminding you of her.%n", girlName);
… then the compiler interprets that as a one‑element array. Obviously if you pass the name of a method, the compiler sees that as a single argument, which in this case is of type String. Did it say anything helpful in the JLS about that? I have never seen that particular compiler error before.

Edit: Add this warning. The JLS can be very difficult to read.

[Patrick De]

Can someone recommend a better set of videos online?

[Tushar Goel]

You can try this or CS106A from standford. For CS106A several videos are available online free. For first course, i have not checked
specifically this course but i took another courses. Instructor is looking good to me. This beginning course is free.

[David Holcomb]

David De wrote:Can someone recommend a better set of videos online?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE7E8B7F4856C9B19 (Derek Banas)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9DF6E4B45C36D411 (CaveOfProgramming)

[Tushar Goel]

i dont know about first but 2nd one i already recommended to you.

[David Holcomb]

Tushar Goel wrote:i dont know about first but 2nd one i already recommended to you.

LOL we're different people. I can understand why you thought we were the same. You thought we were the same because you only saw the first name which is "David."