Can't save script updating public field

[Stanley Martin]

Trying to write a script that among other things, sets the public field to false;

gr.public = false;

I can't save it because of this error:

missing name after . operator (<refname>; line 3): JavaScript parse error at line (3) column (10) problem = missing name after . operator (<refname>; line 3)

[Vishal Birajdar]

Hi @Stanley Martin 

Can you share your code snippet here if possible...!!

[Stanley Martin]

I have a need to update certain Announcements and set the public field to false.

function run() {
    var gr = new GlideRecord('announcement');
    gr.addEncodedQuery('active=true^name=Testing 123');
    gr.query();
    while (gr.next()) {
        gr.public = false;
        gr.update();
        
    }
}
run();

When I try to save the script, I get the error:

missing name after . operator (<refname>; line 6): JavaScript parse error at line (6) column (18) problem = missing name after . operator (<refname>; line 6)

[Vishal Birajdar · Accepted solution]

Hi @Stanley Martin ,

I guess its because of public is reserved word .

Try like below 

gr.setValue('public');

** gr.setValue('public',false); // updated