Getting the error: Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<'

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Hi everyone,

I am using the react app to link a js file into html file by using the element:

<script type="text/javascript" src="../src/app.js"></script>

But it gives me the error: Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ‘<’

I can not figure out why this is causing an error. Does anyone know why the element is giving the error? I’d appreciate any help.

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I’m going to guess it means you’re missing a closing symbol earlier in the code. A }, ], ), or >maybe?

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That is what I thought first but the error goes away when I remove the script element.

I also created an empty app.js file in the same folder as the html file and it works fine. but whenever I use ../ to move up to parent folder and go into src folder where my actual app.js file is located I get the error.