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Posted by Matt Hosch
Matt Hosch
5,854 Points

Formatting not as expected?

I'm outputting the book title with the ISBN in parentheses after the title. How should it be properly formatted?

books.php 
<?php

$books["978-0743261690"] = "Gilgamesh";
$books["978-0060931957"] = "The Odyssey";
$books["978-0192840509"] = "Aesop's Fables";
$books["978-0520227040"] = "Mahabharta";
$books["978-0393320978"] = "Beowulf";

?><html>
<head>
    <title>Five Great Books</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Five Great Books</h1>
    <ul>
        <?php foreach($books as $isbn => $book ) { ?>
            <li><?php echo $book;?> (<?php echo $isbn;?>) </li>
        <?php } ?>
    </ul>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

Your code looks correct to me. If you are failing a challenge I would remove the space between

 ) </li>
so it becomes
)</li>

Spacing sometimes matters too much.

Matt Hosch
Matt Hosch
5,854 Points
Matt Hosch
Matt Hosch
5,854 Points

Tried again with your suggestion, looks like that was the culprit. Thanks!

Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

The code challenges can be very picky. It may work in real life, but if it does not fit the model answer the computer cannot tell it works.

Please mark it answered.