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come on)) i fixed.
read an instruction. i resolved the point was))
In order to print an apostrophe (or other characters as explained in this thread: What other characters need to be escaped in a string?), you must use the escape character \. This is because a ' or " is interpreted as the start or end of a string.
the task was to fix the string in the editor. not to fix string in the editor with character /. i read all that is writing upper so i know where is my fault. the reason of my question is task)
