How is an unrecoverable syntax error fixed?

JavaScript
1

Continuing the discussion from freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Replacing If Else Chains with Switch:

function chainToSwitch(val) {
  var answer = "";
  // Only change code below this line
  switch(val) {case "bob":
              answer = "Marley";
              break;
    case 42:
              answer = "The Answer";
    break;
    case 1:
              answer = "There is no #1";
    break;
    case 99:
              answer = "Missed me by this much!";
    break;
    default:
              answer = "Ate Nine";}
  

  
  
  }
  
  // Only change code above this line  
  return answer;

The above is my code. Below is the answer from the camper bot:

switch(val){
case “bob”:
answer = “Marley”;
break;

case 42:
answer = “The Answer”;
break;

case 1:
answer = “There is no #1”;
break;

case 99:
answer = “Missed me by this much!”;
break;

case 7:
answer = “Ate Nine”;
break;

}

My own answer seems exactly the same as the above, at least as far as I can tell.

2

What is the syntax error you are getting?

3

unrecoverable syntax error 76% at the return answer part of the code…

4

I have no idea what you mean.

5

I think I’m making a syntax error. Are you able to spot it?

6

What makes you think you are getting a syntax error? Are you seeing an error in the console?
If not, what tests are failing?

7

I’ll take a screenshot, just hold on.

8

if2switch
if2switch784Ă—500 30.5 KB

9

Look at your opening and closing curly braces ({ and }) to see if they match up.

10

ifelse2switch update 2

now I’m getting Syntaxerror: Illegal return statement

any suggestions?

11

Your return statement is not inside a function.

12

confusedinstructions()
confusedinstructions()998Ă—536 67.5 KB

I’m not sure what I still need to check off on the check boxes. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I’ve made the changes about including return inside the function.

13

Because you have a default that returns "Ate Nine", the last two tests are failing. chainToSwitch("John") and chainToSwitch(156) both return "Ate Nine".

14

how do I address “John” in the case statement format. Can you give an example?

15

Why do you have "Ate Nine" in a default case? Did the instructions say that it should be the default?

16

Yes
See the picture.
confusedinstructions()

17

That doesn’t say anything about always returning "Ate Nine" for all values that are not "bob", 42, 1, or 99.

18

At John and 156 the program is still returning error. As far as I can tell, I cant see a syntax error.

function chainToSwitch(val) {
  var answer = "";
  // Only change code below this line
    switch(val) {case "bob":
              answer = "Marley";
              break;
    case 42:
              answer = "The Answer";
    break;
    case 1:
              answer = "There is no #1";
    break;
    case 99:
              answer = "Missed me by this much!";
    break;
    case 7:
              answer = "Ate Nine";
    break;
    case "John":
      "";
    break;
    case 156:
      "";
  
  // Only change code above this line  
  return answer;  
}
19

no if-else statements
no if-else statements367Ă—515 35.2 KB
edits switch pm
edits switch pm832Ă—535 36.8 KB

20

""; is not a valid line of code.

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