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Originally Posted by Vince In this case you do because now that extra backslash signals the compiler that the string continues on the next line. I agree with everything else, though.

Yes indeed, otherwise the compiler would have complained again.
What I meant was that I don't think putting everything on a new line and saying oh now it works would help him understand what he did wrong the first time.
I tried to make him fix his first attempt, rather than explaining why his second attempt magically did work, because the "rules" changed somewhat.