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Lian Urheim
1,822 Pointswhat does it mean by spacing??
it giving me a "Make sure you add spacing ,
<?php
$studentOneName = 'Dave';
$studentOneGPA = 3.8;
$studentTwoName = 'Treasure';
$studentTwoGPA = 4.0;
//Place your code below this comment
if( $studentOneGPA == 4.0) {
echo $studentOneName . "\n made the Honor Roll \n ";
}
else {
echo $studentOneName . "\n has a GPA of \n ". $studentOneGPA;
}
if( $studentTwoGPA == 4.0) {
echo $studentTwoName . "\n made the Honor Roll \n ";
}
else {
echo $studentTwoName . "\n has a GPA of \n ". $studentTwoGPA;
}
?>
3 Answers
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 PointsI answered this here: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/bummer-make-sure-you-add-the-proper-spacing-especially-near-variables-im-so-confused-help
Please refrain from making new posts about the same question.
Steven Parker
231,261 PointsThe instructions ask for specific strings to be made in each case, but they don't ask for any newlines to be inserted into (or after) the strings.
Just remove the newlines and you should pass the challenge.
Lian Urheim
1,822 Pointsthanks...it still didnt help!!!! i sent a new message
Steven Parker
231,261 PointsI can confirm that removing the newlines and collapsing multiple spaces was all I did to this code to get it to pass!