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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript Perform: Appending and Removing Elements

Leah Thompson
Leah Thompson
14,997 Points

Invalid left-hand side expression in postfix operation

Me again, still trying with the project!

Following along, went to see how my code worked and I get the error "Invalid left-hand side expression in postfix operation"...

I;ve gone through it countless times, cannot see my error, so i continued... but alas I haven't altered wherever the error may be..

//User interaction does not get desired results
//add interactivity so the user can manage daily tasks

var taskInput = document.getElementById("new-task"); //new-task
var addButton =document.getElementsByTagName("button")[0]; //first button on the page
var incompleteTasksHolder = document.getElementById("incomplete-tasks"); //incomplete-tasks
var completedTasksHolder= document.getElementById("completed-tasks");  //completed-tasks

//new task list item
var createNewTaskElement = function(taskString){
    //create list item
  var listItem = document.createElement("li");
    //create an input check box
  var checkBox = document.createElement("input");
    //label
  var label = document.createElement("label");
    //input.edit
  var editInput = document.createElement("input");
    //button .edit
  var editButton = document.createElement("button");
   //button.delete
  var deleteButton = document.createElement("button");
     //each of these elements will need to be modifying


    //and appended
  listItem.appendChild(checkBox);
  listItem.appendChild(label);
  listItem.appendChild(editInput);
  listItem.appendChild(editButton);
  listItem.appendChild(deleteButton);  

return listItem;
}

//add a new task
var addTask = function(){
  console.log("Add task...");
    //create a new list item with the text from the #new task
  var listItem = createNewTaskElement("Some New Task");
  //append list item to incomplete task holder
  incompleteTasksHolder.appendChild(listItem);
}


//edit existing tasks
var editTask = function(){
  console.log("Edit task...");
  //when the edit button is pressed
    //if the class of the parent element is .editmode
      //switch from .editmode 
      //make label text become the input's value
   //else
      //switch to .editmode
      //input value becomes the label's text
  //toggle .editmode on the parent
}

//mark tasks as complete
var taskCompleted = function(){
  console.log("Task Complete...");
  // when the Check box is checked
    //append the task list item to the #completed-tasks
}

//delete tasks (existing)
var deleteTask = function (){
  console.log("Delete task...");
  //when the delete button is pressed 
    //remove the parent list item from the UL
}

//mark task as incomplete
var taskIncomplete = function(){
  console.log("Task incomplete...");
  //when the check box is unchecked 
    //append the list item to #incomplete-tasks
}
var bindTaskEvents = function(taskListItem, checkBoxEventHandler){
  console.log("Bind list item events");
    //select listitems children
var checkBox = taskListItem.querySelector("input[type=checkbox]");
var editButton = taskListItem.querySelector("button.edit");
var deleteButton = taskListItem.querySelector("button.delete");

  //bind the editTask to edit button
  editButton.onclick = editTask;

  //bind the deleteTask to the delete button
  deleteButton.onclick = deleteTask;

  //bind checkBoxEventHandler to the checkbox
  checkBox.onchange = checkBoxEventHandler;
}

// set the click handler to the addTask function
addButton.onclick = addTask;

//cycle over incompleteTaskHolder ul li items
for(var i=0; i< incompleteTasksHolder.children.length; 1++){
  bindTaskEvents (incompleteTasksHolder.children[i],taskCompleted)};


//cycle over completeTaskholder ul list items
for(var i=0; i< completedTasksHolder.children.length; 1++){
  bindTaskEvents (incompleteTasksHolder.children[i],taskIncomplete)};

3 Answers

Hello again, Leah!

I checked your code but I wasn't able to replicate the error you were getting. I did get Javascript errors for your "for" loops. Change out the "1++" for "i++" and you should be back on track. If you're still having the same error post a screenshot and we can figure things out from there.

Leah Thompson
Leah Thompson
14,997 Points

Hi Mark, can tell what I'm up to this afternoon/evening haha

I changed the i's, still got the error, mine is highlighting that it is within the 'for' for the error, I'm using chrome, I get similar errors in safari too:

[Error] ReferenceError: Postfix ++ operator applied to value that is not a reference. global code (app.js, line 98)

I'm just unsure to what that means

Leah Thompson
Leah Thompson
14,997 Points

Mark, I've done it with the help of my other half, and probably yourself.... someone (cough, me) hadn't saved before testing things.... so we commented out bits, saved and suddenly the errors went.... removed the comments, and now it works. I think your 1 to i things was probably the issue, but I never clicked save.

Long day.

Thanks again!

Not a problem!