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JavaScript

Posted by Mayur Pande
Mayur Pande
Courses Plus Student 11,711 Points

Cannot figure out why jquery code says missing bracket

I wrote some jquery code and it worked before, however now the console is throwing an error saying missing bracket before the else;

$(function(){
    $('[name="delete"],[name="process"]').click(function() {
        var title = $('[name="title"]').val();
        var desc = $('[name="desc"]').val();
        var link = $('[name="link"]').val();
        var date = $('[name="date"]').val();
        var img_link = $('[name="img_link"]').val();
        if((this).attr("name") == 'delete'){
            $.ajax({
                url: '/',
                data: $('form').serialize(),
                type: 'POST',
                success: function(response) {
                console.log(response);
            },
                error: function(error) {
                console.log(error);
            }
        }else if((this).attr("name") == 'process'){
            $.ajax({
                url: '/',
                data: $('form').serialize(),
                type: 'POST',
                success: function(response) {
                console.log(response);
            },
                error: function(error) {
                console.log(error);
            }


        }



        });

    });

});

2 Answers

Ashish Mehra
Ashish Mehra
3,407 Points

Hey Mayur Pande , Try this

$(function(){

    $('[name="delete"],[name="process"]').click(function() {
        var title = $('[name="title"]').val();
        var desc = $('[name="desc"]').val();
        var link = $('[name="link"]').val();
        var date = $('[name="date"]').val();
        var img_link = $('[name="img_link"]').val();
        if((this).attr("name") == 'delete'){
            $.ajax({
                url: '/',
                data: $('form').serialize(),
                type: 'POST',
                success: function(response) {
                console.log(response);
                },
                error: function(error) {
                console.log(error);
                }
            });


        }else if((this).attr("name") == 'process'){
            $.ajax({
                url: '/',
                data: $('form').serialize(),
                type: 'POST',
                success: function(response) {
                console.log(response);
                },
                error: function(error) {
                console.log(error);
                }
            });

    }

});

});
Mayur Pande
Mayur Pande
Courses Plus Student 11,711 Points

thanks managed to figure it out yesterday, but not sure how it was working before hand!

Piotr Połaniecki
PLUS
Piotr Połaniecki
Courses Plus Student 3,181 Points
Piotr Połaniecki
Piotr Połaniecki
Courses Plus Student 3,181 Points

I think You're missing a curly bracket, closing bracket and semicolon after your last curly bracket before 'else if'. I may be wrong, I'm new to the topic. Cheers.