missing ) after argument list?

[ehsansad]

I have the following code.

function updateTermsList() {
    var termDivBox = document.getElementById("termarea");   
    var terms = searchXMLHttp.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("term");
    for(var i=0;i<terms.length;i++){
        var name = terms[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
        var value =  new String(terms[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue);
 
       var a = document.createElement('div');
       termDivBox.appendChild(a);
       a.innerHTML = '<a href="#" onclick="refreshDefinitionArea('+value+');">'+name+'</a>'; 
 
    }
}
 

everytime i run it, the same error pops up for this function refreshDefinitionArea(): missing ) after argument list
here is the error on firebug:
missing ) after argument list
refreshDefinitionArea(BSGO:0005363);

any ideas??

[ehsansad]

found the answer:

<a href="#" onclick="refreshDefinitionArea(\''+value+'\');">'+name+'</a>'; 

thanks

[acoder]

Yes, when you see a message like that (missing parentheses), the first thing you should look at are unescaped quotes.