freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-javascript/escape-sequences-in-strings.english.md

id	title	challengeType
56533eb9ac21ba0edf2244b6	Escape Sequences in Strings	1

Description

Quotes are not the only characters that can be escaped inside a string. There are two reasons to use escaping characters: First is to allow you to use characters you might not otherwise be able to type out, such as a backspace. Second is to allow you to represent multiple quotes in a string without JavaScript misinterpreting what you mean. We learned this in the previous challenge.

Code	Output
\'	single quote
\"	double quote
\\	backslash
\n	newline
\r	carriage return
\t	tab
\b	backspace
\f	form feed

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

Instructions

Assign the following three lines of text into the single variable myStr using escape sequences.

FirstLine
    \SecondLine
ThirdLine

You will need to use escape sequences to insert special characters correctly. You will also need to follow the spacing as it looks above, with no spaces between escape sequences or words. Here is the text with the escape sequences written out. FirstLinenewlinetabbackslashSecondLinenewlineThirdLine

Tests

tests:
  - text: <code>myStr</code> should not contain any spaces
    testString: assert(!/ /.test(myStr), '<code>myStr</code> should not contain any spaces');
  - text: <code>myStr</code> should contain the strings <code>FirstLine</code>, <code>SecondLine</code> and <code>ThirdLine</code> (remember case sensitivity)
    testString: assert(/FirstLine/.test(myStr) && /SecondLine/.test(myStr) && /ThirdLine/.test(myStr), '<code>myStr</code> should contain the strings <code>FirstLine</code>, <code>SecondLine</code> and <code>ThirdLine</code> (remember case sensitivity)');
  - text: <code>FirstLine</code> should be followed by the newline character <code>\n</code>
    testString: assert(/FirstLine\n/.test(myStr), '<code>FirstLine</code> should be followed by the newline character <code>\n</code>');
  - text: <code>myStr</code> should contain a tab character <code>\t</code> which follows a newline character
    testString: assert(/\n\t/.test(myStr), '<code>myStr</code> should contain a tab character <code>\t</code> which follows a newline character');
  - text: <code>SecondLine</code> should be preceded by the backslash character <code>\\</code>
    testString: assert(/\SecondLine/.test(myStr), '<code>SecondLine</code> should be preceded by the backslash character <code>\\</code>');
  - text: There should be a newline character between <code>SecondLine</code> and <code>ThirdLine</code>
    testString: assert(/SecondLine\nThirdLine/.test(myStr), 'There should be a newline character between <code>SecondLine</code> and <code>ThirdLine</code>');

Challenge Seed

var myStr; // Change this line

After Test

(function(){
if (myStr !== undefined){
console.log('myStr:\n' + myStr);}})();

Solution

var myStr = "FirstLine\n\t\\SecondLine\nThirdLine";