Console Input and Output - Java - page 60

Output println

. The items that are out-
put can be quoted strings, variables, numbers, or almost any object you can define in Java.
To output more than one item, place a plus sign between the items.

You can output one line to the screen using System.out.println

SYNTAX

System.out.println( Item_1 + Item_2 + ... + Last_Item );

EXAMPLE

System.out.println("Welcome to Java.");
System.out.println("Elapsed time = " + time + " seconds");

produce the same output as our previous example:

A wet bird
never flies at night.

Notice that a new line is not started until you use , rather than . Also

println print

notice that the new line starts after outputting the items specified in the . This

println

is the only difference between and .

print println

versus

println print

The only difference between and is that with

System.out.println System.out.print

println , the next output goes on a new line , whereas with print , the next output is
placed on the same line .
EXAMPLE
System.out.print("Tom ");
System.out.print("Dick ");
System.out.println("and ");
System.out.print("Harry ");

produces the following output:

Tom Dick and
Harry

(The output would look the same whether the last line read print or println .)

Another way to describe the difference between and is to note that

print println

System.out.println( SomeThing );

is equivalent to

System.out.print( SomeThing + "\n");