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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) Ruby Strings Whitespace Quiz

Mytch Hagan
Mytch Hagan
1,876 Points
Posted by Mytch Hagan
Mytch Hagan
1,876 Points

I don't understand.

I am trying to figure it out but I can't. I've tried and tried, but I just can't do it.

1 Answer

Jesse Schoonveld
Jesse Schoonveld
2,943 Points
Jesse Schoonveld
Jesse Schoonveld
2,943 Points

Just remember, when using whitespace you use a backwards slash "\" and then a letter to choose wich whitespace character to use. Those can be remembered by them being the first letter of the thing you want to add. For example to add a new line you use "\n". When you want to add a tab you use "\t" and to add a space you use "\s".

tab example used in the quiz: headline = "Website: \t Treehouse"