You can write the calls to System.out.println in a single statement if you simply concatenate the strings for each individual call to System.out.println using the "+" operator. For example: string s1, s2, s3, s4; System.out.println(s1 + "\n" + s2 + "\n" + s3 + "\n" + s4); hth, David On 5/30/10, Gilbert Neiva <gneiva@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm trying to write a program in Eclipse that quotes four lines from a poem, > but I'm suppose to write the four lines in one output statement. I'm also > suppose to put asterisks around the four lined quote. How would I do this > all in one statement? The program I wrote is below. > > // Application HatchesTheEgg > // This application will write > // four lines from > // Dr. Seuss's Horton's > // Hatches the Egg > > import java.io.*; // Imports the java.io package > > public class HatchesTheEgg > { > public static void main(String[] args) > { > final String phrase1 = "I meant"; > final String phrase2 = "I said"; > final String phrase3 = "an elephant's faithful"; > final String phrase4 = "one hundred percent"; > final String stars = "***************************"; > System.out.println(stars); > System.out.println("* "+phrase1+" what "+phrase2+" *"); > System.out.println("* and "+phrase2+" what "+phrase1+" *"); > System.out.println("* "+phrase3+" *"); > System.out.println("* "+phrase4+" *"); > System.out.print(stars); > } > } > > Gilbert Neiva > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind