An array of strings is throwing an error for an unexpected token javascript

Question

I am trying to make a grid for a game. I have an object maps that contains the level designs. This is it:

var maps = {
  cave: [" ________________ ",
         "/                \",
         "|                 ", 
         "|                 ", 
         "|_________________"]
}

This is on github pages, by the way. Whenever I go to the console on the site, I see that it threw an error:

"Invalid or unexpected token"

On the second array value (the third line as I have it there). Why is it doing this? Can someone help please?

EDIT: sorry, didn't know this was a duplicate. I didn't know what the problem was, so I didn't know what to search for first before asking.

Alternatively use backtics: var maps = { cave: [ ` ________________ / \ | | |_________________` ] } — mplungjan, Mar 02 '19 at 18:27

Ori Drori · Answer 1 · 2019-03-02T18:19:24.667

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You need to escape the slash on the 2nd line. If you don't escape the slash, it escapes the ", and this breaks the closing of the string:

var maps = {
  cave: [" ________________ ",
         "/                \\",
         "|                 ", 
         "|                 ", 
         "|_________________"]
}

console.log(maps)

edited Mar 02 '19 at 18:19

answered Mar 02 '19 at 18:18

Ori Drori

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