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Ivo Suur
1,722 PointsWhats wrong?
Hey there!
Can anybody say what seems to be the problem here?
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.
<?php
$firstName = "Mike"; $middleName = "the"; $lastName = "Frog"; $fullName = $firstName. "\n" . $middleName . "\n" . $lastName;
?>
Result--> Bummer! $fullName is set, but it's not the concatenation of $firstName, $middleName, and $lastName with spaces between them.
If I copy the code into editor (Sublime Text), it works.
2 Answers
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 PointsYou are using the newline escape character (\n) when it is asking for a space.
Ivo Suur
1,722 PointsYep, my mistake! Thanks! \n ---> " "