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File existence problem

I have a problem with file existence in shell. that is the code..

#!/bin/sh
if [-f example.txt]
then
echo "File Exist!!"
else
echo "Error"
fi

but it gives an error in 2nd line. Did i write example.txt wrong? Is there any (`) or (") missing? or something like that?
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You need blanks before and after [ and ]
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Thank you so much Perderabo. It's ok now..
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