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in ie7? up vote 4 down vote favorite All I get is this: An error has occurred in the script on this page line: 31 char: 5 error: expected identifier, string or number code: 0 url: http://example.com It's difficult to find that line since I have several external and internal scripts. How can I debug this? (By the way, the scripts have no errors in ie6 debug javascript chrome or firefox or ie8+) javascript internet-explorer debugging share|improve this question asked Sep 29 '10 at 16:02 Matthew 5,6832069112 3 Probably a dangling comma. It's always a dangling comma. –Stephen Sep 29 '10 at 16:04 Add line 31 into your answer from the page itself. Doesn't sound as though its coming from an external file as IE normally tells you it's a problem with an external file. –GenericTypeTea Sep 29 '10 at 16:05 add a comment| 6 Answers 6 active oldest votes up vote 1 down vote accepted Try debugging it with IE8's Developer Tools (press F12). You should be able to step through the JS code (from all your scripts) to find out what is wrong with line 31 / char 5. share|improve this answer answered Sep 29 '10 at 16:06 Mike Atlas 6,36232752 add a comment| up vote 2 down vote You can download IETester which lets you use various versions of IE (6-8) and has built-in developer tools. They're not spectacular, but they're better than the nothing that old versions of IE provide. share|improve this answer edited Sep 30 '10 at 0:57 answered Sep 29 '10

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