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HTML jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Adding New Attribute Values with attr()

Gary Cardinale
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Gary Cardinale
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Posted by Gary Cardinale
Gary Cardinale
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passing an attr value

I keep getting a syntax error for the following line $image.attr('src' 'imageLocation');

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Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
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Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
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You need to put a comma between 'src' and 'imageLocation'. This code should work:

$image.attr('src', 'imageLocation');
Gary Cardinale
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Gary Cardinale
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Gary Cardinale
Gary Cardinale
Courses Plus Student 1,944 Points

Thanks, I took the quotes off imageLocation too. Works now