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JavaScript

Posted by Ashish Mehra
Ashish Mehra
Courses Plus Student 103 Points

onclick event "action is not a function"

whenever i make a click on image the console show me "uncaught reference error " 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="wrap">
      <ul id="menu">
        <li><a href="#" data-icon="&#xe900;">Home</a></li>
        <li><a href="#"data-icon="&#xe91a;">Contact</a></li>
        <li><a href=""data-icon="&#xe90e;">Portfolio</a></li>
        <li><a href="#"data-icon="&#xe971;">About</a></li>
      </ul> 
      <img src="click.png" id="show" onclick ="action()">
    </div>
      <script src="animate.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

function action(){

    alert("working");
}

1 Answer

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points
Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

It seems that your javascript file is not linked on your html. Only the animate.js file is.

Ashish Mehra
Ashish Mehra
Courses Plus Student 103 Points

animate.js is the same file which i link with html but it directly not calling function from index.html but when i making an click event under .js file it work properly