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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Strings Basics

Posted by Mousa Alqarni
Mousa Alqarni
22,619 Points

Strings > Basics ( of JavaScript )

i try to use this code into :

Challenge task 1 of 1 In 'strings.js' file define a string called 'statement' with the text of - She said "How's the family?"

but i face this ? Bummer! You've the string is the incorrect value remember to use \ before the " or '.

var statement="She said \"How \'s the family?";

1 Answer

Kevin Kenger
Kevin Kenger
32,834 Points
Kevin Kenger
Kevin Kenger
32,834 Points

Hey Mousa,

There are a couple of things I see. The first is that you don't need the \ before the apostrophe since you're surrounding the string in quotes. This won't make it fail, it's just not necessary. Second, you don't have a closing quotation mark for the inner set of quotes. I think it should be something like this:

var statement = "She said \"How's the family?\"";
Mousa Alqarni
Mousa Alqarni
22,619 Points

thanks i forget to add last (") .