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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Drawing Application Perform: Part 2

Posted by Erin Fincher
Erin Fincher
4,101 Points

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token }

I'm getting an unexpected token error and I can' t figure out why. My function won't close, the curly braces for whatever reason are not registering. I know I've just probably forgotten a character or something, but can't figure it out 

function changeColor() { 
  var r = $("#red").val();
  var g = $("#green").val();
  var b = $("#blue").val();
  $("#newColor").css("background-color", "rgb(" + r + ", " + g +"," + b + ")"
}

2 Answers

Dino Paškvan
Dino Paškvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 Points

You are missing the closing parenthesis ) of the .css() method and a semi-colon (although the semi-colon isn't mandatory in this case).

Chris Southam
Chris Southam
1,823 Points
Chris Southam
Chris Southam
1,823 Points 
$("#newColor").css("background-color", "rgb(" + r + ", " + g +"," + b + ")");

Needs the final ) and optional ; as Dino says.