Just trying to clean it up (java) -

// "ch_1_summative" class.  public static void main (string[] args) {     c = new console (40,60);     c.settextcolor(color.red);     c.println(             "baker bob's");     c.settextcolor(color.black);     c.println(         "73 little bridge st.");     c.println("           almonte, ont.");     c.println("               k0a 1a0");     c.println("(613) 256-7674");     c.println("____________________________________");     c.println("");     c.println("              items");     c.print("2 muffins                  $");     c.println(2*1.25,1,2);     c.println("chicken simosa             $1.60");     c.println("coupon #: 3265");     c.println("coupon value: -25%");     c.print("new price                  $");     c.println(.75*1.60,1,2);     c.println("dipping sauce              $0.50");     c.print("3 squares                  $");     c.println(3*1.40,2,2);     c.println("white choclate cookies     $4.75");     c.println("baguette                   $3.50");     c.println("");     c.print("sub-total:                 $");     c.println(2.50+1.20+.50+4.20+4.75+3.50);     c.settextcolor(color.blue);     c.print("hst:                       $");     c.println(.13*16.65,4,2);     c.settextcolor(color.black);     c.println("____________________________________");     c.settextcolor(color.red);     c.print("total:                     $");     c.println(1.13*16.65,4,2);     c.settextcolor(color.black);     c.println("");     c.println("____________________________________");     c.println("           payment");     c.println("type:                mastercard");     c.println("card number:        153-596-231");     c.println("verified by:                pin");     c.println("____________________________________");     c.println("date: feb. 9, 2015");     c.println("receipt #: 3293071437");     c.println("cashier: jacob"); 

i'm complete noob programming (as in been doing 3 days) , when run on "ready program" application creates receipt fake restaurant. showed teacher , said "messy code", there way clean up, keep simple, have same product? ny awesome!!!

i think teacher means instead of having bunch of string outputs, should build more general-use program. example, make items class, contain every item , price , quantity, , if coupons available. then, make array of items , have program go through array , output of items , prices. program should calculate total using array and, added bonus, generate random values else (receipt #, etc).