Thread: Can you give me an example of a new line character?

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    Post Can you give me an example of a new line character?

    Hello I was wondering if someone could give me an example of a new line character...I have an error in a rpogram I got and it says I am missing a semicolon....I think the new line character goes something like this
    cout<<"Something \n";
    is that right?

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    Check the line above...

    I've seen that error before! "Newline in constant"? Make sure your quotes are all there... that they're matched. Check the line(s) above the line pointed-to by the compiler.

    Sometimes the compiler gets confused. It knows there is an error, but it may NOT know exactly what or where the error is! It doesn't know where you want to put the quotes, or where you want to end the statement with a semicolon.

    Make sure your brackets are matched too.

    Does it compile with that line commented-out?

    Try commenting-out lines 'till the error goes away. Be careful when commenting-out lines. Keep the brackets matched. Make sure the functions still have return statements. Make sure variables are declared, etc.

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