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SyntaxError: Unexpected token — A structure error further up confused the meaning

Sometimes, the error is caused by some structure issues not directly next to the error location, so you need to look around for potential errors.

Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions). Sometimes, the error is caused by some structure issues not directly next to the error location, so you need to look around for potential errors. For example, you intended to declare a method of an object, but you declared it as a property instead The . after document is unexpected, because JavaScript is parsing the {} as an object literal instead of a function body, so it expects a :. The problem is solved by declaring mounted as function. Attribution: Adapted from MDN Web Docs under CC-BY-SA-2.5. Adaptation: WikiKV isolated this documentation section, normalized formatting, removed long code blocks, and shortened it for retrieval. Verify version-sensitive details at the source.
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