Need help understanding this html challenge answer

Question

This particular question in the html challenge has been bothering me for a while

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Which of the options contain errors?

1. <a source=”http://test.com”>SOLOLEARN<\a>

2. <a href=”http://test.com”>CODE PLAYGROUND<\a>

3. <a src=”http://test.com”>COURSES</a>

Answer: All three options

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I thought the answer would be just 1 and 3, because you never use src attribute for "a" tags and same with source. So why is the href one wrong?

Answer 1

If I remember correctly (I have not done any HTML challenges for a long time), option 2 was also wrong:

<a href="http://test.com"> CODE PLAYGROUND <\a>

Basically it was because the slash is inverted.

Answer 2

im such a potatoe

Answer 3

Mickel Sánchez is right.

Answer 4

that's because I just edited in the back slashes after Mickel's comment lol, I didnt notice them before😅

Answer 5

wow, that's what I thought too , but then I reported that question a couple weeks ago and nothing happend, that's when the self doubt came and caused me to post.

Answer 6

that's right, haven't noticed the backslash

Answer 7

You should use this syntax for hyperlinks
<a href="http://www.sololearn.com">Sololearn</a>
So the problem in 2nd 1 is the closing tag. Replace it as </a> from <\a>

Answer 8

All these are right.

Answer 9

The second answer doesn't contain errors. Probably a slip of the eye from SL to have accepted this question (cause some questions are submitted by users).

Answer 10

all three options are right.

Answer 11

all three options