Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL

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I have been reading up on this error on this forum but am not finding anything that is helping. The really odd thing is that I copied this from my instructor in a lecture but it will not run past the . Any ideas?

<!DOCTYPE html> 
    <html> 
    <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Warner: iLab 1  Iteration and Summing Numbers</title>
    </head>
    <body style="font: 100% Ariel;">
    <h2>Iteration |Summing Numbers Between Two Integers |</h2><hr />
    <p>
       <script type="text/javascript">  

         var firstInt = parseInt(prompt("Enter an Integer from 1 and 4",""));
         document.write("Your first Entry: " +firstInt);
         var secondInt = parseInt(prompt("Enter an Integer from 6 and 9",""));
         document.write("<br> Your second Entry: "+secondInt+"<br>);
         var  sumNumbers = 0;
         for(var i=firstInt;  i<=secondInt;  i++)
         {
            sumNumbers += i;
         }
         document.write("<br>The answer is "+ sumNumbers);

       </script>
    </p>
    </body>
    </html>

Read through [this post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/802854/why-is-document-write-considered-a-bad-practice) about `document.write` - generally you'll want to avoid doing that. — Joe Enos, Jul 08 '14 at 06:17
Thanks for the tip...I'm just doing it how the instructor wants this done. I will definitely check this post out though. — floyd, Jul 08 '14 at 06:20
The font name is "Arial." "Ariel" might not do what you expect. — David Ehrmann, Jul 08 '14 at 06:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '14 at 06:15

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You're missing your closing quotation mark:

document.write("<br> Your second Entry: "+secondInt+"<br>);

answered Jul 08 '14 at 06:15

Joe Enos

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If you're using a decent editor with syntax highlighting, the missing quote would be pretty obvious. I'd recommend finding a good editor - there are plenty of free ones. – Joe Enos Jul 08 '14 at 06:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '14 at 06:16

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You are missing a quotes here:

 document.write("<br> Your second Entry: "+secondInt+"<br>);

Should be:

 document.write("<br> Your second Entry: "+secondInt+"<br>");

Hope this helps.

answered Jul 08 '14 at 06:16

link

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Ahh!..yes. Thank you. – floyd Jul 08 '14 at 06:19

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 08 '14 at 06:17

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You should close your double quote 4th line of script.

document.write("<br> Your second Entry: "+secondInt+"<br>");

answered Jul 08 '14 at 06:17

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Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL

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