Syntax Error in Javascript Code

Question

My text editor is telling me I have a syntax error in my Javascript. It is somewhere in this line:

<script type="text/javascript"> if (!window.mstag) mstag = {loadTag : function(){},time : (new Date()).getTime()};</script> 

Jslint tells me that I have an "Unexpected '<'." in Line 1, Character 1. So that, I'm guessing, means I have an error in the script type itself, which doesn't make much sense to me. I'm a newb, sorry if this is a super-basic question. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

Answer 1

JSLint validates javascript . What you have here is a HTML <script> tag with javascript inside. You should only paste in the javascript to JSLint:

if (!window.mstag) mstag = {loadTag : function(){},time : (new Date()).getTime()};

My guess is that you've use <script type="text/javascript"> inside a .js file and your editor has no idea what is going on - is that correct?