SyntaxError: Unexpected Identifier in Chrome's Javascript console

Question

I tested this javascript in Chrome's Javascript console and it returned SyntaxError: Unexpected Identifier.

I got this code from a tutorial and was just testing Chrome's console so i expected it to work, unless I'm using the console wrong?

Code:

var visitorName = "Chuck";
var myOldString = "Hello username. I hope you enjoy your stay username.";
var myNewString = myOldString.replace ("username," visitorName);

document.write("Old String = " + myOldString);
document.write("<br/>New string = " + myNewString);

Output:

SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5000114/syntaxerror-unexpected-identifier-in-chromes-javascript-console

Answer 1

The comma got eaten by the quotes!

This part:

("username," visitorName);

Should be this:

("username", visitorName);

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Aside: For pasting code into the console, you can paste them in one line at a time to help you pinpoint where things went wrong ;-)