From: Bertram Scharpf Date: 2007-01-15T21:07:57+09:00 Subject: Re: cannot return negative value ? Hi, Am Montag, 15. Jan 2007, 20:30:08 +0900 schrieb Josselin: > I got the following error : > > parse error, unexpected tUMINUS_NUM > > userCredential.flagged? ? return -1 : return 1 > > what's wrong ? when saying userCredential.flagged? ? (return -1) : (return 1) or even userCredential.flagged? ? begin return -1 end : begin return 1 end you will probably see that the return statement is definitely in the wrong place. Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de