jquery .ajax() unexpected ;

Question

trying to do some low-level ajax that hits url in the background but does nothing on the client side. Here is the code:

can_id = $(this).attr('id');            
$.ajax({
    url:"savethis.php",
    data:"q=0&can_id="+can_id;
});

but I keep getting this error:

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ;

When I comment out the ajax() portion the error goes away. Why am I getting this error?

The error is telling you what the problem is. There is a ; where there isn't supposed to be. So remove the ; after can_id... — davin
– davin, Commented Nov 19, 2011 at 1:49

mrtsherman · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-19 01:48:55Z

2

You have a semicolon at the end of can_id. Remove it

data:"q=0&can_id="+can_id**;**

answered Nov 19, 2011 at 1:48

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Alfabravo Over a year ago

I agree. Complement: semicolon is used as separator for statements in javascript. Hence, @themerlinproject should use it only ending a statement, declaring a function or a variable and stuff, NOT declaring parameters inside a function call :)

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