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Thread: Printf not working?

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    Default Printf not working?

    I need to print to 2 decimal places and I'm trying to use the printf method, but for some reason I keep getting an error. I've looked through my code, but unless I'm missing a small detail, it looks okay to me.
    		float sum = 0;
    		float avg = 0;
    		double[] rain = {0, 1.9, 1.5, 1.2, 1.1, 0.5, 0.03, 1.0};
     
    		//Calculate sum of rain.
    		for (int i = 1; i <= 7; i++) {
    			sum += rain[i];
    		}
    		//Calculate average of rain
    		avg = (sum / 7);
     
    		//Printout
    		//Titles
    		System.out.println("Day\t " + " Rain");
    		//rainfall and days
    		for (int j = 1; j <= 7; j++) {
    		System.out.println(j + "\t  " + rain[j]);
    		}
    		//avg rainfall
     
    		System.out.printf("The average rainfall for the week is: %.2f" + avg);
    }
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    Default Re: Printf not working?

    I keep getting an error
    Please copy the full text of the error message and paste it here. It has important info about the error.
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    Default Re: Printf not working?

    Sorry, meant to put it in...
    Exception in thread "main" java.util.MissingFormatArgumentException: Format specifier '.2f'
    	at java.util.Formatter.format(Unknown Source)
    	at java.io.PrintStream.format(Unknown Source)
    	at java.io.PrintStream.printf(Unknown Source)
    	at basicArray.main(basicArray.java:29)

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    Default Re: Printf not working?

    The printf() method takes 2 or more args: The format String and the data to be formatted.
    The statement in the code only has one arg because the + concatenates the number to the first String.
    Replace the + with a ,
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    Default Re: Printf not working?

    Quote Originally Posted by Elyril View Post
    Exception in thread "main" java.util.MissingFormatArgumentException: Format specifier '.2f'
    See the word "Argument". You are missing an argument. printf/format methods make use of the varargs feature since Java 5.

    printf("format string", arg1, arg2 .............. );

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    System.out.printf("The average rainfall for the week is: %.2f", avg);
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