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JavaScript Node.js Basics 2017 Building a Command Line Application Parsing JSON

Posted by Seth Pabst
Seth Pabst
10,285 Points

Why won't this work?

Unexpected token?

app.js 
const jsonString = '{"name": "Andrew", "languages": ["javascript", "swift", "java", "ruby", "html", "css", "qbasic"]}
const jsonObject = JSON.parse(jsonString);

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

It looks like the end of the line that was originally provided got truncated. The last two characers (an apostrophe and semicolon) got cut off.

Put them back or start over and be careful not to modify the provided line.