Javascript Function Requires a name error

Question

In this line of code:

var ajax = new XMLHttpRequest();
ajax.onreadystatechange = function () {
    if(ajax.readyState == 4) {
        function() {document.getElementById(f3).innerHTML = ajax.responseText};
    }
};

This line:

...
        function() {document.getElementById(f3).innerHTML = ajax.responseText};
...

is getting an error that the Function must be named.

This is the full scope of the code:

var ajax = new XMLHttpRequest();
ajax.onreadystatechange = function () {
    if(ajax.readyState == 4) {
        function() {document.getElementById(f3).innerHTML = ajax.responseText};
    }
};
var urlToOpen = "~.$_tFileName.qq~?pg=admin_main&load=subscriptionAdmin&view=setANewVar&n=" + f1 + "&v=" + f2 + "~.$SessId.q~" + "&stopIEcache=" + Math.floor(Math.random()*99999);
ajax.open("GET", urlToOpen, true);
ajax.send(null);

The Tilde Marks (~) are because this file is built with Perl syntax. the output is a full url... for example:

https://www.google.com/search?pg=admin_main&load=subscriptionAdmin&view=setANewVar&n= of course it is not on Google... just put that url instead of the real one.

Can you tell me what is wrong with that line? and how I can make it work?

Thank you. Rich

Endless · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-01 00:09:12Z

2

Remove function() it's unnecessary to have it there

var ajax = new XMLHttpRequest();
ajax.onreadystatechange = function () {
    if(ajax.readyState == 4) {
        document.getElementById(f3).innerHTML = ajax.responseText
    }
};
var urlToOpen = "~.$_tFileName.qq~?pg=admin_main&load=subscriptionAdmin&view=setANewVar&n=" + f1 + "&v=" + f2 + "~.$SessId.q~" + "&stopIEcache=" + Date.now();
ajax.open("GET", urlToOpen, true);
ajax.send(null); // PS. you can also remove null -> ajax.send();

edited Dec 1, 2015 at 0:09

answered Dec 1, 2015 at 0:03

Endless

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