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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Strings Escape Characters

Posted by adam costa
adam costa
456 Points

new line not working?

Hi everyone,

Why does the following code not work in the quiz? (it works fine in the browser.)

var escapedNewLine = "a new line occurs \n right here";

2 Answers

Dave McFarland
STAFF
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher
Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

The quiz is just asking for a new line character (not all of that other text):

var escapedNewLine = "\n";
adam costa
adam costa
456 Points
adam costa
adam costa
456 Points

Thanks Dave!