Property assignment expected

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The error message “property assignment expected” occurs when you are trying to assign a value to a variable or object property, but you forgot to include the assignment operator (=) between the variable/property and the value.

Here’s an example to better understand the issue: 

    
      var age;  // Declaration of variable 'age'
      age = 25; // Correctly assigning a value to 'age' using the assignment operator (=)
      
      var person = { // Declaration of object 'person'
        name: "John",
        age: 30
      };
      person.name = "Jane"; // Correctly assigning a new value to the 'name' property of 'person' using the assignment operator (=)

In the first example, we declare a variable ‘age’ and then correctly assign it a value of 25 using the assignment operator (=). This will not cause the error.

In the second example, we declare an object ‘person’ and define properties ‘name’ and ‘age’ for it. Then, we correctly assign a new value “Jane” to the ‘name’ property of ‘person’ using the assignment operator (=). This will also not cause the error.

However, if you forget to include the assignment operator (=), you will encounter the “property assignment expected” error. 

    
      var age;
      age 25; // Incorrect assignment without the equals sign (=)

In this incorrect example, we missed the equals sign (=) while assigning a value to the ‘age’ variable. This will trigger the “property assignment expected” error.

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