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Ruby Ruby Basics Strings Escape Sequences

Posted by john schuler
john schuler
613 Points

new line character ruby not being accepted as correct answer ruby basics string escape characters

I am entering the answer correctly for ruby basics but its saying it;s wrong.

Challenge Task 1 of 1 Call puts with a string containing a newline character. Then call puts with a string containing a tab character. Finally, call puts a third time with a string containing a " double quotation mark.

MY ANSWER

puts "hello /n hi" puts "hello/t" puts '"hello" he said'

MY ERROR Bummer: For your first call to the "puts" method, the argument needs to contain a newline character.

program.rb 
puts "hello   /n hi"
puts "hello/t"
puts '"hello" he said'

1 Answer

john schuler
john schuler
613 Points

Thanks Henrik! :-)