typeScript error 'module, class, interface, enum, import or statement' expected

Question

I'm trying to understand why this line invokes an error:

const value = 20 * 30;

error TS1008: Unexpected token; 'module, class, interface, enum, import or statement' expected.

any idea?

Answer 1

Here is the solution:

Earlier on my machine I had installed Visual Studio 2015 Pro Edition. that had installed TypeScript 1.0.3.0. and added its path to system environment.

Now I used npm install -g TypeScript and it did install, however from command line, typing tsc --version was always giving 1.0.3.0.

I removed the older path from environment and then restarted code and it worked fine.

Better you check your versions and the solution might help.