Having a problem with jQuery when displaying error message.

Having a problem with jQuery when displaying error message.

Hey guys, I am having a problem with displaying an error message in form validation, specifically line 68.

I am trying to take my var errorMessage and do a function that displays both error messages.

any ideas?

  1. code is this:<!doctype html>

    <html>
    <head>

      <title>test</title>
      <meta name="description" content="Colin Portfolio">
      <meta name="author" content="SitePoint">
      <meta charset="utf-8">
    <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.min.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="mystyle.css" />



    </head>

    <body>

    <div id="error"></div>

    <div id="wrapper">

        <form id="validationForm">

        <label for="email">Email</label>
        <input name="email" id="email" />

        <label for="phone">Telephone</label>
        <input name="phone" id="phone" />

        <label for="pass">Password</label>
        <input name="pass" type="password" />

        <label for="pass">Confirm Password</label>
        <input name="pass" />

        <input id="submitButton" type="submit" value="Submit" />

        </form>

        </div>







    <script>

        $("#validationForm").submit(function(event) {

            var errorMessage="";

            event.preventDefault();

            function isValidEmailAddress(emailAddress) {
        var pattern = new RegExp(/^((([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+(\.([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+)*)|((\x22)((((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f]|\x21|[\x23-\x5b]|[\x5d-\x7e]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(\\([\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))))*(((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(\x22)))@((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?$/i);
        return pattern.test(emailAddress);
    };

        if (!isValidEmailAddress($("#email").val))

            errorMessage=("please eneter a valid email");

        if (!$.isNumeric($("#phone").val())) {

            errorMessage+errorMessage=("please eneter a valid phone number");


    }

        $("#error").html(errorMessage);
        });



    </script>


    </body>
    </html>