First of all, I've already seen the other posts about error TS1005. Same error code, but totally different.
A simple let x: number; will generate the error TS1005 during compilation. It's not about a missing semicolon as what the error message says, but the compiler does not recognize the let keyword. I read that maybe because of an outdated compiler.
Here's my typescript version installed using npm install -g typescript
2.5.21.0.3.0Maybe somebody can help?
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Your installation is wrong; you are using a very old compiler version (1.0.3.0).
tsc --version should return a version of 2.5.2.
Check where that old compiler is located using: which tsc (or where tsc) and remove it.
Try uninstalling the "global" typescript
npm uninstall -g typescript
Installing as part of a local dev dependency of your project
npm install typescript --save-dev
Execute it from the root of your project
./node_modules/.bin/tsc
Just try to without changing anything
npm install [email protected]
X.X.X is your current version
I had today a similar error message. What was peculiar is that it did not break the Application. It was running smoothly but the command prompt (Windows machine) indicated there was an error. I did not update the Typescript version but found another culprit. It turned there was a tiny omission of symbol - closing ")", which I believe The Typescript is compensating for. Just for reference the code is the following:
[new Object('First Characteristic','Second Characteristic',
'Third Characteristic'*]
* notice here the ending ")" is missing.
Once brought back no more issues on the command prompt!
If you're getting error TS1005: 'finally' expected., it means you forgot to implement catch after try. Generally, it means the syntax you attempted to use was incorrect.
The issue was in my code.
In large code base, issue was not clear.
A simplified code is below:
Bad:
collection.insertMany(
[[],
function (err, result) {
});
Good:
collection.insertMany(
[],
function (err, result) {
});
That is, the first one has [[], instead of normal array []
TS error was not clear enough, and it showed error in the last line with });
Hope this helps.
I was injecting service like this:
private messageShowService MessageShowService
instead of:
private messageShowService: MessageShowService
and that was the reason of error, despite nothing related with ',' was there.
Remove C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript\1.0 directory.
Now run :
npm install -g typescript
this will install the latest version and then re-try.
You don't have the last version of typescript.
Running :
npm install -g typescript
npm checks if tsc command is already installed.
And it might be, by another software like Visual Studio. If so, npm doesn't override it. So you have to remove the previous deprecated tsc installed command.
Run where tsc to know its bin location. It should be in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript\1.0\ in windows. Once found, delete the folder, and re-run npm install -g typescript. This should now install the last version of typescript.
On Windows you can have in your PATH
PATH = ...;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript\1.0\; ...
remove it from PATH env, then
npm install -g typescript@latest
it worked for me to solve the
"TypeScript error TS1005: ';' expected"
See also how to update TypeScript to latest version with npm?
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