Unexpected token ILLEGAL javascript error in Google Chrome

google-chrome, javascript, json, webkit

Solution

Try this instead:

newFriend = new friend(
    response[0]["@items"][0]._id, 
    response[0]["@items"][0]._nickName, 
    response[0]["@items"][0]._profilePicture, 
    response[0]["@items"][0]._tagLine, 
    response[0]["@items"][0]._isInvite, 
    response[0]["@items"][0]._confirm
);

I'm pretty sure `@` is giving you a problem.

For weird characters it's always safer to use the `["@items"]` notation instead of the (dot) notation `.@items`.

Problem

I am getting a javascript (prototype.js) error: Unexpected token ILLEGAL at this line of code: ``` newFriend = new friend( response[0].@items[0]._id, response[0].@items[0]._nickName, response[0].@items[0]._profilePicture, response[0].@items[0]._tagLine, response[0].@items[0]._isInvite, response[0].@items[0]._confirm ); ``` the response object looks like this: ``` [{ "@type": "[Lcom.photoviewer.common.model.ThinUser;", "@items": [{ "_id": "000.060318.05022007.00263.0067ur", "_nickName": "siraj", "_country": null, "_currentStorageLimit": 5000000000, "_currentStorage": 0, "_currentFileCount": 0, "_profilePicture": null, "_tagLine": null, "_membershipLevel": 0, "_isRejected": false, "_isInvite": false, "_confirm": false, "_verifiedOn": 1170716666000 }] }] ``` This is only happening in the Google Chrome browser and possibly other webkit browsers. It works fine in Firefox.

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