jquery validation error Expected identifier, string, or number

Question

Hi Gods,

I have a little problem with jquery validation. In IE 6 and maybee in IE 7 i got an error message: Expected identifier....

I minimised my code and it seems, if i cut out the following part, then everything is works fine. Whats the problem?

I dont really understand where is the extra comma, so i decided i paste the hole validate script. Please take a look at my code.

jQuery.validator.addMethod("lettersonly", function(value, element) {
        return this.optional(element) || /^[a-zőöüóúéáűí ]+$/i.test(value);
}, "... betűket használjon");   

$("#test").validate({
    rules: {
        name: {
                required: true,
                minlength: 5,
                maxlength: 40,
                lettersonly: true
        },
        addr: {
                required: true,
                minlength: 15,
                maxlength: 80


        },
        phone: {
                required: true,
                minlength: 8,
                maxlength: 20,
                number: true         
        },
            email: {
                required: true,
                minlength: 5,
                email: true      
        },
        count: {
        required: true,
                minlength: 3,
                maxlength: 20,
                number: true         
        },
        nettoj: {
                minlength: 2,
                maxlength: 20,
                number: true         
        },
        nettoj2: {
                minlength: 2,
                maxlength: 20,
                number: true         
        },
        mini: {
                minlength: 2,
                maxlength: 20,
                number: true         
        },
        mini2: {
                minlength: 2,
                maxlength: 20,
                number: true         
        },
        adosj: {
                minlength: 3,
                maxlength: 20,
                number: true         
        },
        amini: {
                minlength: 2,
                maxlength: 20,
                number: true         
        },
        stil: {
                minlength: 2,
                maxlength: 20,
                number: true         
        },
        tcount: {
                minlength: 2,
                maxlength: 20,
                number: true         
        },
        city: {
                minlength: 3,
                maxlength: 60,
                lettersonly: true        
        },


    },
    messages: {
        name: {
                required: "... !",
                minlength: "Minimum 5 ",
                maxlength: "Maximum 40 "
        },
        addr: {
                required: "... ",
                minlength: "Minimum 15 ",
                maxlength: "Maximum 80 "
        },
        phone: {
                required: "... ",
                minlength: "Minimum 8 ",
                maxlength: "Maximum 20 ",
                number: "... "

        },

        email: {
                required: "... e-mail ",
                minlength: "Minimum 5 ",
                email: "..."

        },
        count: {
                required: "... ",
                minlength: "Minimum 3 ",
                maxlength: "Maximum 20 ",
                                number: "... "

        },
            nettoj: {
                minlength: "Minimum 2 ",
                maxlength: "Maximum 20 ",
                                number: "... "

        },
            nettoj2: {
                minlength: "Minimum 2 ",
                maxlength: "Maximum 20 ",
                                number: "... "

        },
                mini: {
                minlength: "Minimum 2 ",
                maxlength: "Maximum 20 ",
                                number: "... "

        },
                mini2: {
                minlength: "Minimum 2 ",
                maxlength: "Maximum 20 ",
                                number: "... "

        },
                adosj: {
                minlength: "Minimum 2 ",
                maxlength: "Maximum 20 ",
                                number: "... "

        },
                amini: {
                minlength: "Minimum 2 ",
                maxlength: "Maximum 20 ",
            number: "... "

        },
                stil: {
                minlength: "Minimum 2 ",
                maxlength: "Maximum 20 ",
                                number: "... "

        },
                tcount: {
                minlength: "Minimum 2 ",
                maxlength: "Maximum 20 ",
                                number: "... "

        },
                city: {
                minlength: "Minimum 3 ",
                maxlength: "Maximum 80 "
        },

    },



   });  

Answer 1

Remove the last , at this piece of code.

old

addr: {
    required: "...",
    minlength: "...",
    maxlength: "..."
},

new

addr: {
    required: "...",
    minlength: "...",
    maxlength: "..."
}

Answer 2

It's because you appended an extra comma to your object literal property, get rid of it

object = {
    property1: 23,
    property2: 14,
    property3: 42 //The answer, also, no comma after the 42, as it's the last
}                 //property of the object, if you have a comma here, then the
                  //javascript engine is expecting another member item to the
                  //object, and get's really peeved if you don't add it.

The reason minimizing the code worked was because it was really nice and got rid of those nasty extra commas which were annoying your javascript engine.

Edit

You still have extra commas in you new code in between nesting levels

    city: {                    //Look, it's the last member of an object
            minlength: 3,
            maxlength: 60,
            lettersonly: true        
    }, //<-- WHAT IS THAT COMMA DOING THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

/*At this point, parser is like, wtf, where's the next member?*/},