From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2005-09-24T00:36:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Why is this not a syntax error?

>>>>> "J" == Jamey Cribbs <cribbsj@oakwood.org> writes:

J>    if a == 0
J>        puts 'zero'
J>    elif a == 1
J>        puts 'one'
J>    else
J>        puts 'not one'
J>    end

 You have just written

      if a == 0
         puts 'zero'
         elif(a == 1) # call the method elif
         puts 'one'
      else
         puts 'not one'
      end

 run it with a = 0, to see the error message


Guy Decoux