freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Escape Sequences in Strings

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i can’t pass this exercise …lol … i try anythings ^^

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Try with this: var myStr = “FirstLine\n\SecondLine\\rThirdLine”;

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This is because:

  1. new line is: \n

  2. Backslash: \ content here \ - there will be two backslash’s for each side

  3. carriage-return: \r

Put it together(I’ll put spaces inbetween to make it easier to read):

“FirstLine \n \SecondLine\ \r ThirdLine”

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Try this solution it will work for you:
var myStr = “FirstLine\n\SecondLine\\rThirdLine”;

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Why is this line not working var myStr= ‘FirstLine\n\SecondLine\rThirdLine’;

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var myStr=“FirstLine\n\SecondLine\\rThirdLine”;

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Oh my goodness! Spelling and attention to detail counts. I couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t working until I saw your post and reviewed my code. I went nuts for a minute.

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hi, guys, try this code for this challenge, it will work.
var myStr=‘FirstLine\n\SecondLine\\rThirdLine’; // Change this line

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Hi,
This has worked for me

var myStr = "FirstLine\n\\SecondLine\\\rThirdLine";
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Here’s the correct solution guys

var myStr = “FirstLine\n\SecondLine\\rThirdLine”; // Change this line

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Try this var myStr =“FirstLine\n\Second\\rThirdLine”;

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Ruben has the correct answer. I don’t know how these other answers pass the test. I quote the note in the lesson/instructions.

Note that the backslash itself must be escaped in order to display as a backslash.

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var myStr = “FirstLine\n\SecondLine\\rThirdLine”

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Hello guys, this whole thing is just, look carefully. I got it now. Here’s my answer:
var myStr = “FirstLine\n\SecondLine\\rThirdLine”;
All got ticked. Lol. It’s a double slash (\) not a single slash () for backslash.

Look at the escape sequences in the table:

\\ This is what denotes a backslash.

They said:

"FirstLine newline backslash (which is supposed to be \

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Yes he has the correct answer

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try this it worked;
var myStr =“FirstLine\n\SecondLine\\rThirdLine”; //change this line

ive jus put the code from ChonyWang and jus added

after the \n this \ and after the \ added this \r.
hope it helps good luck

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var myStr=‘FirstLine\n\SecondLine\\rThirdLine’; try this its working.

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escaping of \ will be required.
var myStr = “FirstLine\n\SecondLine\\rThirdLine”;

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Hey guys!

I’ve got 3/4 with this
var myStr =‘FirstLine\n\SecondLine\ThirdLine\r’ ; // Change this line

This is my error; myStr should have encoded text with the proper escape sequences and no spacing.

i dont quite understand what’s gone wrong though. Help? x

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Hi there,
In the first line, you word “Thirdline”, the letter l is lowercase.
In the second line, it is uppercase as it should be.

That’s why the second one ticks all boxes

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