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"SyntaxError" in JavaScript — What It Means and How to Fix It

What the JavaScript error "SyntaxError" means and how to fix it.

Published October 29, 2026

"SyntaxError" is thrown when JavaScript code doesn't conform to the language's grammar.

Key points

  • Check the browser console's stack trace to find exactly which line and call triggered the error

Example

JSON.parse('{invalid}')  // SyntaxError
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