Trying to define async function

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I'm trying to define an async function with an arrow function. This code already throws an error, but I still want to know what the main error is.

async responseName = name => ('hello'+ name);  
responseName('joshua').then(response => console.log(response));

The syntax is wrong; the `async` keyword has to be part of the function definition. — Pointy, Jan 10 '19 at 14:45
It's not the *identifier* that's `async`, it's the *function*: `responseName = async name => ...` — jonrsharpe, Jan 10 '19 at 14:46
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/async_function — mplungjan, Jan 10 '19 at 14:47
Possible duplicate of [Syntax for async arrow function](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42964102/syntax-for-async-arrow-function) — ponury-kostek, Jan 10 '19 at 15:04

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '19 at 14:47

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You have a syntax error. You cannot define an identifier as async:

const responseName = async (name) => `hello ${name}`;

answered Jan 10 '19 at 14:47

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