In 5.0, the Java™ programming language introduces a new output formatter method printf like C Language. The printf method is introduced in the java.io.PrintStream class of java. The general syntax of the printf method is as follows :-

printf(Locale l,String format, Object...args) and,

printf(String format, Object...args)

Example:-

The following example will demonstrate the use of printf method.

package com.visualbuilder;

public class PrintfExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
            System.out.printf("I got %d marks",10);
        }
}

Output:-

The following output gets printed on the console.

I got 10 marks