title: Keep getting Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <
body: <p>error appears after first character is typed in the input
  this is the code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
    $(document).ready(function() {
      $("#a").autocomplete({ 
        source: ["c++","asp"]
      });
    });
  &lt;/script&gt;
  
  
  &lt;p&gt;
  Select from the list below
  &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;INPUT id="a" /&gt; 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>this is the error trace in the chrome developer console:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token &lt; jquery.js:550
  jQuery.extend.parseJSON jquery.js:550
  Autocomplete.defaults.transformResult    
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>jquery.autocomplete.js;jsessionid=59B4A34FBCA69900E2D9294F569FB4AB:84
      Autocomplete.processResponse jquery.autocomplete.js;jsessionid=59B4A34FBCA69900E2D9294F569FB4AB:643
      (anonymous function) jquery.autocomplete.js;jsessionid=59B4A34FBCA69900E2D9294F569FB4AB:509
      fire jquery.js:3048
      self.fireWith jquery.js:3160
      done jquery.js:8235
      callback jquery.js:8778</p>