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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Password Confirmation Form Perform: Part 1

Ajay Yadav
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Ajay Yadav
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Bug in code

i am not able to find out the bug in this code.this is not working properly. Please help me. here is the code..thank you $("form span").hide();

function passwordEvent(){ if (($(this).val().lenght) > 8) { $(this).next().hide(); } else{ $(this).next().show(); } } $("#password").focus(passwordEvent).keyup(passwordEvent);

1 Answer

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I guess there's one bracket too much at the beginning of the first if-condition: "if(($(this)" should be "if($(this)".

Then, you have a spelling error in $(this).val().length. It's length, not lenght.

Let me know if it works now :)