button not running as button, can't find how to make run a js file

Question

so in my html file i have

<!Doctype HTML>
 <html>
  <head>
  <title>Orange’s Game</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
   <script src="game.js”></script>
  </head>
  <body>
   <input type="button" onclick="startgame()" value="Start" />
  </body>
 </html>

and in the game.js i have

var startgame = function(){
 alert('GO!');
}

the supposed button is actually a text box, and everything I have looked up does not seem to work. I am on OS X Yosemite.

EDIT Ok, so I have got a button now, but now, how do I get it to run the script?

Did you close your onclick double quotes or is it just a typo? — Jason W, Mar 16 '15 at 03:27
just a typo, fixed it, but doesn't seem to look like it does — Orange Karpusi, Mar 16 '15 at 03:29
Then it's probably the quotes - they look like the word "smart" quotes instead of just the standard double quotes, so your browser is probably having trouble parsing it. — Jason W, Mar 16 '15 at 03:35

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 16 '15 at 04:07

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Change “ to ".

It appears your text editor is changing quotation marks to smart quotes, which the browser doesn't understand.

<!Doctype HTML>
 <html>
  <head>
  <title>Orange’s Game</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
   <script src="game.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
   <input type="button" onclick="startgame()" value="Start" />
  </body>
 </html>

edited Mar 16 '15 at 04:07

royhowie

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answered Mar 16 '15 at 03:29

Rex Adrivan

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this is what i have, after i fixed a typo. also, instead of a button, there is a text box that says "Start". also, the quotes always are slanted, i can't change them. please explain – Orange Karpusi Mar 16 '15 at 03:31
hello, you can change your favorite text editor to https://atom.io/ or sublimetxt – Rex Adrivan Mar 16 '15 at 03:34
Also be sure to change thous "smart" single quotes in your game.js file – Jason Sperske Mar 16 '15 at 03:42
I'm using TextEdit, and there are no smart quotes, that's just how they showed up when I pasted them in. – Orange Karpusi Mar 16 '15 at 18:20
actually you're right, they do look weird. ill change them and see what happens – Orange Karpusi Mar 16 '15 at 22:34

button not running as button, can't find how to make run a js file

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