I am getting the error:
SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list
With this javascript:
var nav = document.getElementsByClassName('nav-coll');
for (var i = 0; i < button.length; i++) { nav[i].addEventListener('click',function(){ console.log('haha'); } }, false);
};What does this error mean?
36 Answers
You have an extra closing } in your function.
var nav = document.getElementsByClassName('nav-coll');
for (var i = 0; i < button.length; i++) { nav[i].addEventListener('click',function(){ console.log('haha'); } // <== remove this brace }, false);
};You really should be using something like JSHint or JSLint to help find these things. These tools integrate with many editors and IDEs, or you can just paste a code fragment into the above web sites and ask for an analysis.
1You got an extra } to many as seen below:
var nav = document.getElementsByClassName('nav-coll');
for (var i = 0; i < button.length; i++) { nav[i].addEventListener('click',function(){ console.log('haha'); } // <-- REMOVE THIS :) }, false);
};A very good tool for those things is jsFiddle. I have created a fiddle with your invalid code and when clicking the TidyUp button it formats your code which makes it clearer if there are any possible mistakes with missing braces.
DEMO - Your code in a fiddle, have a play :)
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just posting in case anyone else has the same error...
I was using 'await' outside of an 'async' function and for whatever reason that results in a 'missing ) after argument list' error.
The solution was to make the function asynchronous
function functionName(args) {}becomes
async function functionName(args) {}Similar to Josh McGee, I was trying to use await in the global scope, which, since it isn't an async function, will throw an error. See here for solutions.
This error maybe is the version of your Android (especially if you are using Web Views), try to change your code like an old version of the JavaScript Engine, like:
.then(function(canvas){ //canvas object can gained here });I got the same error and I figured with the increased use of ES6 and string interpolation, that more and more people would start making the same mistake I did with Template Literals:
Initially, I logged a statement like so:
console.log(`Metadata: ${data}`);But then changed it and forgot to remove the ${}:
console.log('Metadata: ' + JSON.stringify(${data}));
