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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Working with Strings Introducing Strings

André Sousa
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Uncaught SyntaxError

This is my code:

const multiline = "Hello, world. \ This is me. \ Your master.";

(keep in mind this in separate lines)

It is giving me an error, it doesn't let me put a string in different lines.

5 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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A multi-line string can be created as a template literal. Use accents ("backticks") instead of quotes or apostrophes to enclose the string body:

const multiline = `Here is a string
with two lines`;

A normal string can be extended to multiple source lines by putting a backslash at the end of the continued line:

const singleline = "Here is a string \
shown on just one line";

Make sure there are no characters (including spaces) after the backslash!

If you still have trouble, make a snapshot of your workspace and post the link to it here so the issue can be replicated.

André Sousa
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André Sousa
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Thank you, I hadn't arrive to that part yet. But I am doing exactly as in the video and still get the error, and that is not supposed to happen.

Jason Robbins
Jason Robbins
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Jason Robbins
Jason Robbins
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Another possible solution:

const multiline = "Here is a string \n with two lines"; console.log(multiline);

Muhammad Khan
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Muhammad Khan
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Hi there, I had the same Uncaught SyntaxError in multiline statement. But when I have removed blank space after \ my program is running fine and giving desired output. So, it's important to make sure there is no space or any character after \