displaying information using printf in Java

Question

I have a question on how to format using printf. I used printf 3 times; each of the 3 times, I used printf exactly the same, using 1s%10.2f%n1. Somehow, I don't think my third use of printf is working. How can I fix this? Any help will be greatly appreciated. When I compile and execute it, I get this:

run:
Average Monthly Electricity Bill:     463.26
Average Monthly Electricity Price Per Kilowatt:       4.83
Exception in thread "main" java.util.MissingFormatArgumentException: Format specifier '10.2f'
at java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:2487)
at java.io.PrintStream.format(PrintStream.java:970)
at java.io.PrintStream.printf(PrintStream.java:871)
at CO2FromElectricityTester.main(CO2FromElectricityTester.java:43)
CO2 Emissions from Electricity Usage in a 3 Month Period: 394.56000000000006Java Result: 1
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)

Here are the two files that I have written:

CO2FromElectricityTester.java:

/*
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/**
 *
 * @author timothylee
 */
public class CO2FromElectricityTester {

public static void main(String args[]){

    // declare & initialize variables
    double months = 3.0;
    double emissionFactor = 1.37;
    int kilowattHoursSept = 109;
    int kilowattHoursOct = 87;
    int kilowattHoursNov = 93;
    double monthlyCostSept = 551.51;
    double monthlyCostOct = 392.84;
    double monthlyCostNov = 445.42;
    double avgKilowattHours = (kilowattHoursSept + kilowattHoursOct + 
            kilowattHoursNov) / 3;
    double avgMonthlyCost = (monthlyCostSept + monthlyCostOct + 
            monthlyCostNov) / 3;

    // create object
    CO2FromElectricity CO2 = new CO2FromElectricity();

    // declare & initialize variables for methods
    double avgPricePerKilowatt = CO2.calcPricePerKilowatt(avgKilowattHours, 
            avgMonthlyCost);
    double avgCO2Emission = CO2.calcCO2Emission(emissionFactor, months, 
            avgMonthlyCost, avgPricePerKilowatt);

    ///////////////// display results
    System.out.printf("%1s%10.2f%n", "Average Monthly Electricity Bill: ", 
            avgMonthlyCost);
    System.out.printf("%1s%10.2f%n", "Average Monthly Electricity Price Per "
            + "Kilowatt: ", avgPricePerKilowatt);
    System.out.printf("%1s%10.2f%n", "CO2 Emissions from Electricity Usage "
            + "in a 3 Month Period: " + avgCO2Emission);
}

}

CO2FromElectricity.java:

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/**
 *
 * @author timothylee
 */
public class CO2FromElectricity {

// default constructor
CO2FromElectricity(){

}

// method for calculating price per kilowatt
public double calcPricePerKilowatt(double kilowattHours, double monthlyCost){
    return monthlyCost / kilowattHours;
}

// method for calculating CO2 emission
public double calcCO2Emission(double emissionFactor, double months, 
        double avgMonthlyCost, double avgPricePerKilowatt){
    return (avgMonthlyCost / avgPricePerKilowatt) * emissionFactor * months;
}

}

Answer 1

The first two printf lines you're using a comma between the non-formatted string and the number. The one that isn't working has a + instead of a comma.