missing ) after argument list

Question

Hi all,

I have yet another JS issue ...grrr. Bear with me, I am a hopeless JS newbie.

I am receiving "missing ) after argument list" error in firebug with the code below:

<script type=\"text/javascript\">
function add( answer )
{   
$.post('../page.php?cmd=view&id=3523', {user_id: 3523, other_user_id: 2343}, function(d)
            $(answer).after(\"<span>Done!</span>\").remove();
        });
    }
}
</script>

Any help is always appreciated!

Answer 1

Close post() function. third string from bottom should be ), not }.

EDIT: sorry, should be like this:

<script type=\"text/javascript\">
function add( answer )
{   
    $.post('../page.php?cmd=view&id=3523', {user_id: 3523, other_user_id: 2343}, function(d) {
        $(answer).after(\"<span>Done!</span>\").remove();
    });
}

Answer 2

function d misses an opening bracket, {

$(answer).after( should not be escaped \", just a regular quote will do "

Answer 3

Why are you escaping quotes? The problem is here :

$(answer).after(\"<span>Done!</span>\").remove();

change to

$(answer).after("<span>Done!</span>").remove();

or

$(answer).after('<span>Done!</span>').remove();

Also, you're missing a { after the post() function (probably you missed the right spot, since there's another in the wrong place), so the final output :

<script type=\"text/javascript\">
function add( answer )
{   
$.post('../page.php?cmd=view&id=3523', {user_id: 3523, other_user_id: 2343}, function(d) {
            $(answer).after("<span>Done!</span>").remove();
        });
}
</script>

Answer 4

function add( answer )
{   
$.post('../page.php?cmd=view&id=3523', 
       {user_id: 3523, other_user_id: 2343}, 
       function(d){
         $(answer).after("<span>Done!</span>").remove()
       });
};