Javascript Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier error in Chrome debugger -

i adapting xmlhttprequest this tutorial:

var request = new xmlhttprequest();   request.open('get', 'http://www.mozilla.org/', true);   request.onreadystatechange = function (aevt) {     if (request.readystate == 4) {        if (request.status == 200)          console.log(request.responsetext)        else          console.log('error', request.statustext);     }   };   request.send(null); 

my code is:

var xhr = new xmlhttprequest(); xhr.open("post", "http://ting-1.appspot.com/submithandlertest", true); xhr.onreadystatechange = function (aevt) {   if (xhr.readystate == 4) {       if (xhr.status == 200)            console.log("request 200-ok");           chrome.browseraction.setbadgetext ( { text: "done" } );       else           console.log("connection error");           chrome.browseraction.setbadgetext ( { text: "err" } );       settimeout(function () {       chrome.browseraction.setbadgetext( { text: "" } );       }, 2000);   }         }         xhr.send(formdata); 

but chrome debugger gives uncaught syntaxerror: unexpected identifier error on else. doing wrong? thanks!

you missing closing } before , opening { after else, other ones in if-else - statement.

it works on tutorial code, because there's 1 line in if-else - statement. when there multiple lines, have block them correctly. (i recommend always, if there's 1 line of code. in opinion adds readability , not have problems, when decide minify code 1 day)

try this:

var xhr = new xmlhttprequest(); xhr.open("post", "http://ting-1.appspot.com/submithandlertest", true); xhr.onreadystatechange = function (aevt) {   if (xhr.readystate == 4) {       if (xhr.status == 200){           console.log("request 200-ok");           chrome.browseraction.setbadgetext ( { text: "done" } );       }else{           console.log("connection error");           chrome.browseraction.setbadgetext ( { text: "err" } );       settimeout(function () {       chrome.browseraction.setbadgetext( { text: "" } );       }, 2000);     }   }         };     xhr.send(formdata);