Not getting click event in jQuery

Question

Thanks in advance. My html contains:

    <div class="help-link">
       <a href="">WHY?</a>
   </div>

and

    <div class="modal-container">
    <div data-id="modal1" class="status-modal modal">
        <div class="modal-body">
            <header>Status</header>
            <p><span class="fnt-wt-500"></span> Lorem Ipsum is simply 
                      dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.</p>
            <p><span class="fnt-wt-500"></span> Lorem Ipsum has been 
                     the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s.</p>
            <p><span class="fnt-wt-500"> </span>Various versions have 
                     evolved over the years, sometimes by accident.</p>
            <div class="modal-footer clearfix">
                <a href="#" class="close">OK</a>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="modal-backdrop">
  </div>

JQuery code is like

       $(document).ready(function() {


        $(".help-link a").click(function(e) {
            console.log("help link a clicked ");
            e.preventDefault();
            if (!$(".modal-backdrop, .modal-container").hasClass("open")) {
                $(".modal-backdrop, .modal-container").addClass("open");
            } else {
                $(".modal-backdrop, .modal-container").removeClass("open");
            }
             });
         });
       }

But I am not able to log event for the click on help-link a. Please help. Did I miss something in jquery?

Answer 1

You have an extra curly braces at the end of this function

$(document).ready(function() {

    $(".help-link a").click(function(e) {
        console.log("help link a clicked ");
        e.preventDefault();
        if (!$(".modal-backdrop, .modal-container").hasClass("open")) {
            $(".modal-backdrop, .modal-container").addClass("open");
        } else {
            $(".modal-backdrop, .modal-container").removeClass("open");
        }
         });
     });
   **}**

Remove it and it will work