Two lines must be displayed.

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Hello, can u please help with this? The following requirement does not show as passed even though two lines are displayed: "Two lines must be displayed." Thanks!

Display the following text (two lines):
This is a Windows path: "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_172\bin" This is a Java string: \"C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_172\\bin\"

Hint:
\" – Escape sequence for double quote character.
\\ – Escape sequence for a backslash (\) character.

Requirements:

The program should output text.
Two lines must be displayed.
The first line of text should be: This is a Windows path: "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_172\bin"
The second line of text should be: This is a Java string: \"C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_172\\bin\"

package com.codegym.task.task03.task0316; /* Escaping characters */ public class Solution { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("This is a Windows path: \"C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_172\\bin\""); System.out.println("This is a Java string: \\\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Java\\\\jdk1.8.0_172\\\\bin\\\"\n" + "\n"); } }

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Ashish RajAnand

Level 13 , Bhilai , India

10 February 2020, 04:49

String s2 =  "CodeGym is the best website for learning Java!";
       System.out.println(s2);
String s1 = "CodeGym is the best \n website for learning Java!";
       System.out.println(s1);

try this code and you understand \n what can do . These two strings are not same.

HeeNa

Level 5 , Seoul, Korea, Republic of

9 February 2020, 07:46

I did it like this: System.out.println("This is a Windows path: \"C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_172\\bin\""); System.out.println("This is a Java string: \\\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Java\\\\jdk1.8.0_172\\\\bin\\\""); line 11: Try remove \n in the "" line 11~12: Try remove + "\n"

Xiaobo H

Level 17 , Atlanta, United States

4 February 2020, 17:42

Try delete "\n"? it introduces a new line though you cannot see it.