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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Strings Escape Characters

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

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

var escapedNewLine = "\n"; 

Thanks Dave!