From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2007-01-23T13:45:26+09:00
Subject: Re: If-Then and "End"


On Jan 22, 2007, at 11:32 PM, 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?

I think you are looking for 'exit' as the method to call to terminate  
a program.
Also you aren't doing a comparison in your if condition, you are  
doing an assignment.
So you want something like:

if uinput == "EXIT" then
   exit
else
   # do something else
end


Gary Wright