SyntaxError missing after argument list

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I am getting the syntax error   SyntaxError  missing   after argument list   From this jQuery code       contentData   append      lt div class  media  gt  lt div class  media-body  gt  lt h4 class  media-heading  gt        v Name     lt  h4 gt  lt p gt     v Description     lt  p gt  lt a class  btn  href         type       onclick   canLaunch      v LibraryItemId          gt    View  amp raquo     lt  a gt  lt  div gt  lt  div gt      What kinds of mistakes produce this Javascript Syntax error

User · Answer

I faced the same issue in below scenario yesterday. However I fixed it as shown below. But it would be great if someone can explain me as to why this error was coming specifically in my case.

pasted content of index.ejs file that gave the error in the browser when I run my node file "app.js". It has a route "/blogs" that redirects to "index.ejs" file.

<%= include partials/header %>
<h1>Index Page</h1>
<% blogs.forEach(function(blog){ %>
    <div>
        <h2><%= blog.title %></h2>
        <image src="<%= blog.image %>">
        <span><%= blog.created %></span>
        <p><%= blog.body %></p>
    </div>
<% }) %>
<%= include partials/footer %>

The error that came on the browser :

SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list in /home/ubuntu/workspace/RESTful/RESTfulBlogApp/views/index.ejs while compiling ejs

How I fixed it : I removed "=" in the include statements at the top and the bottom and it worked fine.

User · Answer

You had a unescaped   in the onclick handler  escape it with         contentData   append   lt div class  media  gt  lt div class  media-body  gt  lt h4 class  media-heading  gt     v Name     lt  h4 gt  lt p gt     v Description     lt  p gt  lt a class  btn  href      type       onclick    canLaunch      v LibraryItemId           gt View  amp raquo  lt  a gt  lt  div gt  lt  div gt

User · Answer

For me  once there was a mistake in spelling of function  For e g  instead of    document  ready function           I wrote     document  ready funciton           So keep that also in check

User · Answer

How to reproduce this error   SyntaxError  missing   after argument list   This code produces the error    lt html gt   lt body gt   lt script type  text javascript  src  jquery-2 1 0 min js  gt  lt  script gt   lt script type  text javascript  gt      document  ready function          lt  script gt   lt  body gt   lt  html gt    If you run this and look at the error output in firebug  you get this error   The empty function passed into  ready  is not closed   Fix it like this    lt html gt   lt body gt   lt script type  text javascript  src  jquery-2 1 0 min js  gt  lt  script gt   lt script type  text javascript  gt      document  ready function                   lt -- notice the right parenthesis and semicolon  lt  script gt   lt  body gt   lt  html gt    And then the Javascript is interpreted correctly

User · Answer

SyntaxError  missing   after argument list   the issue also may occur if you pass string directly without a single or double quote       contentData   append   lt div class  media  gt  lt div class  media-body  gt  lt a class  btn  href      type       onclick    canLaunch     v LibraryItemName          gt View  amp raquo  lt  a gt  lt  div gt  lt  div gt       so  always keep the habit to pass in a quote   like    onclick    canLaunch       v LibraryItemName

User · Answer

use    my function  width 12      Instead of   my function width 12

[javascript] SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list

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