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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Strings Escape Characters

Posted by David Blake
David Blake
710 Points

In the strings challenge I am using \n for new line it it keps saying it is not correct.

var escapedNewLine = "escaped\nNewLine";

1 Answer

Kevin Haube
Kevin Haube
12,265 Points
Kevin Haube
Kevin Haube
12,265 Points

The task is to set var escapedNewLine to the new line operator \n. It's just looking for that operator. Not the rest of your string. :)

Tested: working

var escapedNewLine = "\n";
var escapedBackslash = "\\";
var escapedTab = "\t";