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Timothy Baney
1,888 Pointswhy does it give me a parse error when I try to create a variable equal to an object ?
typed var request = XMLHttpRequest {
}; and it gave me a parse error
var request = XMLHttpRequest {
};
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>AJAX with JavaScript</title>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="main">
<h1>AJAX!</h1>
</div>
<div id="footer"></div>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
rydavim
18,814 PointsWelcome to Treehouse!
Looks like it's just a simple syntax problem. Try adding the new keyword and ending with a semicolon.
var request = new XMLHttpRequest;
Timothy Baney
1,888 PointsAwesome, worked. Always the small things, thanks rydavim : )