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JavaScript jQuery Basics Working with jQuery Collections Working with jQuery-Specific Selectors

David Wasson
David Wasson
13,100 Points
Posted by David Wasson
David Wasson
13,100 Points

Getting error: "Bummer: Unexpected AST node type passed to processExpressionStatement method: VariableDeclaration"

My code is working in the preview screen. Not sure what the TeamTreeHouse error means.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
    <h2>Star Trek Characters</h2>

    <ul class="character-list">
        <li>Captain Jean Luc Picard</li>
        <li>Data</li>
        <li>Worf</li>
        <li>Dr. Crusher</li>
    </ul>

    <div>I am supposed to stay hidden!</div>    

    <script
    src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js 
const $hiddenLinks = $('li:hidden');
$hiddenLinks.show();

1 Answer

Srikanth Srinivasan
Srikanth Srinivasan
2,741 Points
Srikanth Srinivasan
Srikanth Srinivasan
2,741 Points

I was getting the same error. For some reason the error occurs when you declare a variable to hold the hidden li elements. Try chaining it with the jQuery show method instead and that should work.