javascript function not working in other file

Question

I have a HTML-page where I include all of my js.files in the head

<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/styles.css">   
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/addtab.css">
            //some more
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/tab_menu.css">

    <script src="js/addtab.js"></script>
    //some more
    <script src="js/tab_menu.js"></script>
</head>

and in the addtab.js I declare a function, I want to use there and in the tab_menu.js:

addtab.js:

function addTab (a=null, b=null) {
     //doing Stuff 
}

tab_menu.js:

;$(function() {

    tabs.delegate( "div.copier", "click", function() {
        //doing stuff

        addtab(title, descryption);

        //doing stuff
    }); 
});

but I get that:

ReferenceError: addtab is not defined

Edit: Okay.. it was just a typo, but thanks to the others that you pointed out a mistake I haven't noticed yet^^ So that I can solve them at a stroke...

@SridharR — That can't be the problem. It is complaining about addtab not $. — Quentin
– Quentin, Commented Apr 17, 2014 at 9:39
function addTab (a=null, b=null) { change it to function addTab (a, b) — Praveen
– Praveen, Commented Apr 17, 2014 at 9:40
@Teemu I'm programming and testing first in FF, so that's why he doesn't complaint about that... — Robin93K
– Robin93K, Commented Apr 17, 2014 at 10:14

Roland Jansen · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-17 09:43:06Z

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You define addTab but call addtab. Javascript function names are case sensitive.

answered Apr 17, 2014 at 9:43

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Quentin · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-17 09:55:14Z

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function addTab (a=null, b=null) { is not valid JS.

You can't assign values to augments in the function declaration.

It should be:

function addTab(a, b) {

You should have got an Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token = error before the error you reported.

Then you try to call addtab when the function is called addTab. JavaScript identifiers are case sensitive.

edited Apr 17, 2014 at 9:55

answered Apr 17, 2014 at 9:40

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