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Thread: Java Help for a begginer

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    Default Java Help for a begginer

    im new to java but am getting better at it. My question today is for my two display lines how do i make them display on the same window instead of displaying sepretly?

    import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
     
    public class gui{
     
    public static void main(String[] args) {
     
     
    	String name=
    		JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is your name?");
     
    	String names=
    		JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is your favorite color?");
     
     
     
     
    		String mes =
    			String.format("Your name is %s", name);
     
     
    		String mess =
    			String.format("Your favorite color is %s", names);
     
     
     
    		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, mess);
    		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, mes);
    }
     
     
    }


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    Default Re: Java Help for a begginer

    display on the same window
    Build one String with all the lines to be displayed separated by newline characters: (\n) and display that.
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    Thank you so much. now how do i get it to obtain the name and color in one window? if i do it like the output then it will use both of them for %s and i want two different answers.
    Current code:
    import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
     
    public class gui{
     
    public static void main(String[] args) {
     
     
    	String name=
    		JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is your name?");
     
    	String names=
    		JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is your favorite color?");
     
    		String mess =
    			String.format("Your name is %s \nYour Favorite color is %s", name, names);
     
     
    		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, mess);
     
    	}
     
     
    }

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    how do i get it to obtain the name and color in one window?
    Have the user enter all the values you want on one line before pressing Enter.
    You'll have to separate them after the method returns them into a String.
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