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Posted by Joe Williams
Joe Williams
16,945 Points

Trying to update an image: Uncaught SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list

I am trying to update an image using javascript. In this test case, when the user clicks on the thumbnail the main photo above should update to be the photo that the user clicked on.

var photoToUpdate = document.getElementById("gallery-box");
var photoThumbnail = document.getElementById("testPhoto")

//When the main photo is clicked the function, updatePhoto will run
photoThumbnail.addEventListener("click",  function updatePhoto () {
        //HMTL of the main photo is replaced with a different image tag
        photoToUpdate.innerHTML = photoThumbnail.innerHTML;
    } updatePhoto() ); 
};

What I'm trying to do is say when photoThumbnail is clicked, update photoToUpdate with the innerHTML of photoThumbnail but in this iteration I get an error that says 'Uncaught SyntaxError: missing )' which I can't figure out.

In other iterations I've had other error but I'm not sure what's causing this one.

Thanks to anyone that can help.

2 Answers

Joe Williams
Joe Williams
16,945 Points

Never mind everyone, I've found an alternative solution for now.

Thanks everyone.

jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points
jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points

Hey Joe,

As far as I can see, you're missing a semi-colon on line 2. 

var photoToUpdate = document.getElementById("gallery-box");
var photoThumbnail = document.getElementById("testPhoto")

Notice the difference between the two lines of code?

Best,

Jacob

Joe Williams
Joe Williams
16,945 Points

Thanks Jacob, I hadn't spotted that.

Unfortunately it didn't make any difference to getting it to work.

jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points

Sorry to hear that, Joe!