jQuery Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL error on page load in Asp.Net

Question

As the question speaks itself I am having trouble using jQuery as even the simple functions are throwing Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL on Page load and I don't have enough knowledge of jQuery to solve such problems myself.

here are the details:

Library on page head:

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.2.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

jQuery popupwindow function:

<script type="text/javascript">    
        $(document).ready(function() {
           $('#<%=_btstrtTest.ClientID %>').click(function() {
             var NWin = window.open($(this).prop('href'), 'height=800,width=800');
             if (window.focus) 
             {<br/>
               NWin.focus();
             }<br/>
             return false;
            });
        });
    </script>

FYI: I am not using ASP.Net MVC, just plain ASP.Net with C# and the head is coming from master page while the function is in Contentplaceholder of the home.aspx page if that helps.

Thanks

thanks i am just having a Bad connection today, i know how to format the question, but i had trouble submitting the data @SonerGönül — Alok, May 03 '13 at 07:25
You can check here for your problem : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12719859/syntaxerror-unexpected-token-illegal — Ozan Deniz, May 03 '13 at 07:25
indeed it was because i copied the functions from jsfiddle and it added hidden Unicodes in syntax, thank you very much @OzanDeniz — Alok, May 03 '13 at 07:43

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '13 at 07:55

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Delete all invisible characters (whitespace) around that area, then give it another try.

I've seen that error in Safari when copy/pasting code. You can pick up some invalid (and unfortunately invisible) characters.

Used to happen to me a lot when copying from jsFiddle.

and add single jQuery Library file either full or min

answered May 03 '13 at 07:55

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I had the exact same issue. It wasn't whitespace, but extra characters like this..... OnClientClick="ClosePopup('ModalWindowLP');();". I removed the (); and it worked fine. – Dirk Strauss Dec 20 '16 at 14:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 03 '13 at 08:15

Remove the semicolon before the last one.

<script type="text/javascript">    
        $(document).ready(function() {
           $('#<%=_btstrtTest.ClientID %>').click(function() {
             var NWin = window.open($(this).prop('href'), 'height=800,width=800');
             if (window.focus) 
             {<br/>
               NWin.focus();
             }<br/>
             return false;
            })
        });
    </script>

jQuery Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL error on page load in Asp.Net

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