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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Multiple Items with Arrays Useful Array Methods

Posted by jeremy suter
jeremy suter
15,339 Points

unexpected token on line 9

I am trying to follow along in workspaces and i am trying to follow the syntax but my code does not run an i would like to understand why

I keep getting unexpected token on line 9

here is my code

var inStock = [ 'apples', 'eggs', 'milk', 'cookies', 'cheese', 'bread', 'lettuce', 'carrot', 'broccoli', 'pizza', 'potato', 'crackers', 'onion', 'tofu', 'frozen dinner', 'cucumber']; var search;

function print(message) { document.write( '<p>' + message + '</p>'); }

while (true) { search = prompt("Search for a product in the store. Type 'List' to see a full list. Type 'quit' to exit.) }; if (search.toLowerCase() ==='quit'){break;}

2 Answers

Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points
Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points

You forgot to close your double quote in your prompt.

You're also going to want to move that if statement inside the while statement, otherwise you're going to get an 'illegal break' console error.

Also, just curious, but why are you concatenating blanks to the beginning and end of the message?

var inStock = ['apples', 'eggs', 'milk', 'cookies', 'cheese', 'bread', 'lettuce', 'carrot', 'broccoli', 'pizza', 'potato', 'crackers', 'onion', 'tofu', 'frozen dinner', 'cucumber'];
var search;

function print(message) {
  document.write('' + message + '');
}

while (true) {
  search = prompt("Search for a product in the store. Type 'List' to see a full list. Type 'quit' to exit.")
  if (search.toLowerCase() === 'quit') {
    break;
  }
};
jeremy suter
jeremy suter
15,339 Points
jeremy suter
jeremy suter
15,339 Points

Thanks so much! The concatenation is the result of copy pasting the code from workspaces they were originally opening and closing paragraph tags.