I am getting the following error in my JS file, "Uncaught SyntaxError: Missing initializer in const declaration" on line 13,14.
The function determines a users' state based on phone-number entered on an html form.
function getState(arecode) {
// Ensure param is a string to prevent unpredictable parsing results
if (typeof arecode !== 'string') {
console.log('Must pass the arecode as a string.');
return;
}
// Ensure we don't parse strings starting with 0 as octal values
const thisarea = parseInt(areacode, 10);
const country;
const state;
// Code blocks alphabetized by state
if (thisarea == 205 || 938 || 251 || 334) {
state = 'AL';
}
else if (thisarea == 907 || 250 ) {
state = 'AK';
}
else if (thisarea == 480 || 602 || 520 || 928) {
state = 'AZ';
}
else if (thisarea == 501 || 479 || 870) {
state = 'AR';
}
else if (thisarea == 213 || 310 || 424 || 619 || 714 || 415 || 949 || 916 || 408 || 669 || 805 || 510 || 909 || 760 || 209 || 626 || 650 || 951 || 562 || 707 || 925 || 661 || 559 || 530 || 541 || 831 || 858 || 323) {
state = 'CA';
}
else if (thisarea == 720 || 719 || 970) {
state = 'CO';
}
else if (thisarea == 203 || 959) {
state = 'CT';
}
else if (thisarea == 302) {
state = 'DE';
}
else if (thisarea == 786 || 407 || 561 || 813 || 904 || 754 || 727 || 850 || 239 || 321 || 941 || 352 || 772 || 386 || 863 || 785) {
state = 'FL';
}
else if (thisarea == 678 || 770 || 404 || 912 || 762 || 229 || 423 || 478) {
state = 'GA';
}
else if (thisarea == 808) {
state = 'HI';
}
else if (thisarea == 208) {
state = 'ID';
}
else if (thisarea == 847 || 630 || 773 || 312 || 708 || 618 || 217 || 779 || 309 || 872 || 815) {
state = 'IL';
}
else if (thisarea == 463 || 219 || 765 || 574 || 930 || 260) {
state = 'IN';
}
else if (thisarea == 515 || 319 || 712 || 563 || 641) {
state = 'IA';
}
else if (thisarea == 913 || 785 || 316 || 620) {
state = 'KS';
}
else if (thisarea == 859 || 502 || 270 || 606 || 513) {
state = 'KY';
}
else if (thisarea == 504 || 318 || 337 || 985 || 225) {
state = 'LA';
}
else if (thisarea == 207) {
state = 'ME';
}
else if (thisarea == 410 || 240) {
state = 'MD';
}
else if (thisarea == 617 || 978 || 351 || 781 || 339 || 413) {
state = 'MA';
}
else if (thisarea == 248 || 734 || 616 || 313 || 586 || 517 || 989 || 269 || 810 || 231 || 906) {
state = 'MI';
}
else if (thisarea == 612 || 651 || 952 || 763 || 507 || 218 || 320) {
state = 'MN';
}
else if (thisarea == 601 || 662 || 228) {
state = 'MS';
}
else if (thisarea == 314 || 816 || 573 || 417 || 636 || 660 || 479) {
state = 'MO';
}
else if (thisarea == 406) {
state = 'MT';
}
else if (thisarea == 704 || 336 || 910 || 828 || 252 || 919 || 984 || 651) {
state = 'NC';
}
else if (thisarea == 701) {
state = 'ND';
}
else if (thisarea == 402 || 308) {
state = 'NE';
}
else if (thisarea == 702 || 775 || 541) {
state = 'NV';
}
else if (thisarea == 603) {
state = 'NH';
}
else if (thisarea == 732 || 201 || 551 || 908 || 609 || 862 || 973 || 856 || 203 || 606) {
state = 'NJ';
}
else if (thisarea == 505 || 575) {
state = 'NM';
}
else if (thisarea == 718 || 212 || 917) {
state = 'NY';
}
else if (thisarea == 614 || 330 || 216 || 513 || 740 || 937 || 440 || 419 || 567) {
state = 'OH';
}
else if (thisarea == 918 || 405 || 580 || 304) {
state = 'OK';
}
else if (thisarea == 541) {
state = 'OR';
}
else if (thisarea == 610 || 717 || 267 || 814 || 724 || 412 || 570 || 240 || 878) {
state = 'PA';
}
else if (thisarea == 401) {
state = 'RI';
}
else if (thisarea == 843 || 803 || 864) {
state = 'SC';
}
else if (thisarea == 605 || 701) {
state = 'SD';
}
else if (thisarea == 615 || 423 || 865 || 901 || 731 || 931 || 456) {
state = 'TN';
}
else if (thisarea == 469 || 281 || 817 || 512 || 210 || 430 || 530 || 956 || 915 || 254 || 806 || 361 || 979 || 409 || 830 || 940 || 936 || 432 || 319 || 325 || 575 || 214) {
state = 'TX';
}
else if (thisarea == 801 || 435) {
state = 'UT';
}
else if (thisarea == 802) {
state = 'VT';
}
else if (thisarea == 757 || 703 || 804 || 540 || 434 || 276) {
state = 'VA';
}
else if (thisarea == 202) {
state = 'DC';
}
else if (thisarea == 206 || 425 || 509 || 360 || 253 || 564) {
state = 'WA';
}
else if (thisarea == 304) {
state = 'WV';
}
else if (thisarea == 608 || 262 || 715 || 920 || 414 || 274) {
state = 'WI';
}
else if (thisarea == 307) {
state = 'WY';
}
else if (thisarea == 204 || 226 || 236 || 249 || 250 || 289 || 306 || 343 || 365 || 367 || 403 || 416 || 418 || 431 || 437 || 438 || 450 || 506 || 514 || 519 || 548 || 579 || 581 || 587 || 604 || 613 || 639 || 647 || 705 || 709 || 778 || 780 || 782 || 807 || 819 || 825 || 867 || 873 || 902 || 905) {
state = 'Canada';
}
else {
state = 'none';
}
return state;
}
return country;
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You don't really need to declare state but if you do you should use let to declare it rather than const.
Also, in the if/else if statements you need to repeat thisarea like this, otherwise you''ll always return 'AL'.
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P.S. You might want to consider something like this to check if the areacode is in the list of areacodes for the state.
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