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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Strings Escape Characters

Zeeshan Dawood
Zeeshan Dawood
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Posted by Zeeshan Dawood
Zeeshan Dawood
7,210 Points

how do I get the console to recognize the new line character. I'm using the /n character.

I'm unclear as to why that is not the correct input

strings.js 
var escapedNewLine = "thisisastring /n";
var escapedBackslash = "";
var escapedTab = "";

2 Answers

William Li
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William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

Your escape character is wrong, it's \n, not /n

var escapedNewLine = "\n";
Dave McFarland
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Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher
Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

Yes, as William Li points out \n is an new line character. Also, you don't need the "thisisastring" part in your answer.