From: Chris Shea <cmshea@...>
Date: 2007-01-23T13:40:08+09:00
Subject: Re: If-Then and "End"

Sam C. wrote:
> I am making a program with various commands. One of them is "Exit" which
> is supposed to exit the program. Here is my code:
>
> if uinput = "EXIT" then
> end
> end
>
> The problem is that the ruby compiler thinks that the first "end" is the
> end to the If-Then statement, instead of the "end" that ends the
> program. How do I work around this?
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

if uinput = "EXIT" then
exit
end

That should work. Each 'end' is matched with the closest previous
unmatched block opener ('if' in this case). It doesn't have anything to
do with terminating a script. hth