onclick error

[edalakiran]

Hi,

can anyone explain me, i am writing some function in the "Onclick event" example
"viewLink = function viewLink(xxxxx, xxxx, xxx, xxx, xxx, xxx, xxxx) " like this and i wrote some function in the javascript like

var viewLink = function viewLink(xxxxx, xxxx, xxx, xxx, xxx, xxx, xxxx){
console.log("test")
}

but i am getting some error i don't understand " unexpected end of input"

any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Kiran.

[ZoeW]

Firstly, you are missing the ; after console.log("test"), however, I'm not an expert on JavaScript, but I find this website useful: http://jshint.com/
Paste in your code and it will tell you what is wrong.

[edalakiran]

Hi, thank you for your reply, when i click even it is not entering into that function ,

[matt.denninghoff]

I think you've only defined the function, and you haven't called it. When you write a line like this:

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var viewLink = function(/*params here*/){/*some code here*/}

Then that simply defines a function named viewLink. If you want to call the function after it's defined, then you'd need to add a call to it:

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viewLink(/*some arguments here*/);

However, I don't understand why you are bothering defining a function within the "onclick" and then immediately calling it. Why not just put some code inside the "onclick" and avoid defining a function. In your case, why not just put this as your "onclick" code:

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console.log("test");

You need to define a function if you are calling the same code from multiple events or locations. If you are reusing it, then you'd want to define it somewhere besides the "onclick" event--for example, in a custom.js file.