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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Data Using Objects Add Properties to an Object

Tre Bu
Tre Bu
1,521 Points
Posted by Tre Bu
Tre Bu
1,521 Points

Parse Error

var paris = {

population = 2.211e6, latitude = '48.8567 N', longitude = '2.3508 E'

};

Above is my code for this assignment and I continue to get a parse error so I do not know where I am going wrong.

script.js 
var paris = {

  population = 2.211e6,
  latitude = '48.8567 N',
  longitude = '2.3508 E'


};
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Objects</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points

Running it through a validation service shows:

Expected ':' and instead saw '='.
  population = 2.211e6,

You should be using colons instead of assignment operators

furkan
furkan
11,733 Points
furkan
furkan
11,733 Points

You have declared an object called paris. Any key value pairs within an object should be separated with colons and not an assignment operator.

Check through your codes, and as KRIS has said above, use colons (:).