From: Lady Michelle Bhaal <michelle@...>
Date: 2005-11-19T20:26:20+09:00
Subject: Re: why is my array a hash?

Thanks, now if I could only teach Vim to match do,end pairs the way 
it'll match braces

Tim Hammerquist wrote:
> Lady Michelle Bhaal <michelle@corax.com.au> wrote:
>>I have a chunk of code, where I define an array, and the very
>>next time I use it, Ruby thinks that it's a hash instead :(
>>
>>..
>>step = Array.new
>>astep, line = getNextWord(line)
>>while astep != nil
>>{
>>	step.push(astep) <- gets error 'odd number list for hash'
>>	astep, line = getNextWord(line)
>>}
>>..
>>
>>What's with this?
> 
> Ruby doesn't think step is a hash.
> 
> The proper syntax for a while loop in ruby is:
> 
>     while CONDITION
>       ...
>     end
> 
> Ruby is seeing your { } and interpreting them as a hash
> definition, not a block as in other languages.
> 
>     while astep != nil
>       step.push(astep)
>       astep, line = getNextWord(line)
>     end
> 
> HTH,
> Tim Hammerquist