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T-shirts 4 Mike concatenation quiz issue

Can't seem to figure out where I am going wrong on 2/4 of code challenge (even after re-watching video).

Question: Create a variable called fullName and assign it a value equal to the concatenation of the firstName variable, a space, the middleName variable, a space, and the lastName variable.

My answer: $lastName = "Frog"; $firstName = "Mike"; $middleName = "the"; $fullName = $firstName . "\n" . $middleName . "\n" . $lastName;

The result: Bummer! $fullName is set, but it's not the concatenation of $firstName, $middleName, and $lastName with spaces between them.

Any ideas? Thanks!

Ok, last resort figured it out : " "

1 Answer

Randy Hoyt
STAFF
Randy Hoyt
Treehouse Guest Teacher

The code \n produces a line break, a hard return. You want just a simple space:

$fullName = $firstName . " " . $middleName . " " . $lastName;

Thank-you Randy!