String syntax error using javascript's replace function

Question

I want to pass an email address as a query string and as such I encode it just before sending it with this line of code:

var encoded = encodeURIComponent(email).replace('.' '%2E');

Apparently the period shouldn't matter but I keep getting "can't find module 'com' " if i run it that way (I'm coding on node and using express and using a res.render() call)

Don't really understand why in my case periods are causing issues but either way this is the exact error I get:

    var encoded = encodeURIComponent(email).replace('.' '%2E');
                                                        ^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected string

"SyntaxError: Unexpected string" pointing to the string that was unexpected wasn't clear? — T.J. Crowder
– T.J. Crowder, Commented Dec 18, 2013 at 22:56
It's been a long day!! Knew it was referring to there but thought it had to do with weird replace dynamics with .replace or something — gadu
– gadu, Commented Dec 18, 2013 at 23:54

Alex Wayne · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-18 22:55:36Z

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Don't really understand why in my case periods are causing issues

It's not the presence of a period. It's the lack of a comma.

var encoded = encodeURIComponent(email).replace('.', '%2E');
//                                                 ^ this here

answered Dec 18, 2013 at 22:55

Alex Wayne

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