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JavaScript Local Storage Project

Sergi Oca
Sergi Oca
7,981 Points

Unexpected end of input

I really can't find where the problem is but I suspect is with the brackets somehow? I get the unexpected end of input on the console.

        'use strict';
         function supportsLocalStorage() {
         try {
         return "localStorage" in window && window["localStorage"] !==null;
    } catch(e){
      return false;
    }

    function getRecentSearches() {
      var searches = localStorage.getItem("recentSearches");
      if(searches){
        return JSON.parse(searches);
      } else {
        return [];
      }
    }

    function saveSearchString(str) {
      var searches = getRecentSearches();
      if(!str || searches.indexOf(str) > -1){
       return false;
      }

      searches.push(str);
      localStorage.setItem("recentSearches", JSON.stringify(searches));
      return true;
    }

    function removeSearches() {
      localStorage.removeItem("recentSearches");
    }

    // Create an li, given string contents, append to the supplied ul
    function appendListItem(listElement, string) {
      var listItemElement = document.createElement('LI');
      listItemElement.innerHTML = string;
      listElement.appendChild(listItemElement);
    }

    // Empty the contents of an element (ul)
    function clearList(listElement) {
      listElement.innerHTML = '';
    }

    window.onload = function() {
      if(supportsLocalStorage()) {
      var searchForm = document.getElementById('searchForm');
      var searchBar = document.getElementById('searchBar');
      var recentSearchList = document.getElementById('recentSearchList');
      var clearButton = document.getElementById('clearStorage');

      // Initialize display list
      var recentSearches = getRecentSearches();
      recentSearches.forEach(function(searchString) {
        appendListItem(recentSearchList,searchString);
      });

      // Set event handlers
      searchForm.addEventListener('submit', function(event) {
        var searchString = searchBar.value;
        if (saveSearchString(searchString)) {
          appendListItem(recentSearchList, searchString);
        }
      });

      clearButton.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
        removeSearches();
        clearList(recentSearchList);
       });
      }
    };```

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,785 Points

:+1: Your intuition is good, this error is commonly due to bracket mismatch.

In this case the very first function, supportsLocalStorage, has no closing bracket.

:point_right: Note that it also has no default return value.

Sergi Oca
Sergi Oca
7,981 Points

Thank you It works now, how did you spot that? Just by looking at it? If I miss a bracket when I'm supposed to type it then I'm so lost afterwards.