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Posted by Ryan Wikle
Ryan Wikle
5,774 Points

/n

I don't understand what the "/n" is in the last couple videos.

1 Answer

Carlton Nunes Desouza
Carlton Nunes Desouza
13,353 Points
Carlton Nunes Desouza
Carlton Nunes Desouza
13,353 Points

That is a backslash "\" not a forward slash "/". The backslash is used as an "escape" character, in this case \n is the same as saying: put a new line here.

For example a string logged to console like this: 

console.log("Hello\nThere\nFriend");

Will return like this:

Hello
There
Friend