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JavaScript

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token )

NEVER MIND...I figured it out. The closing parenthesis ")" should have been enclosing the bracket "}" and not the other around :)

I am taking the JQuery Basics "Creating a Simple Lightbox". The following is the code in app.js. When viewing the console in my browser (ctrl + shift + j) I keep getting the error:

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token )

Here is is the code in my app.js:

$("#imagegallery a").click(function(event){ event.preventDefault(); var href = $(this).attr("href"); console.log(href);
)};

It's telling me that the last closing parenthesis ")" is the problem (?) I have checked all open and closed parenthesis but cannot successfully troubleshoot this problem.

Please help. Thanks in advance.

Glad you figured it out. I hadn't seen your edit yet when I posted.

1 Answer

Hi Carla,

I think you've mismatched the closing curly brace for your function and the closing parenthesis for the click method.

)}; should be });

See if that helps.

Thanks! Wow! You're good to figure that out so quickly :)

You're welcome. You had a well formed question which helps a lot.