From: Nathan Taylor-Hoover <onebitcipher@...>
Date: 2007-06-28T01:09:24+09:00
Subject: missing kEND for if statement, but not for a case statement?

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I am having some trouble figuring out why I keep getting an unexpected
kENSURE expecting kEND error.

I have to sets of code and the first set uses a case statement with the same
amount of end keywords.  This set runs fine.  The second set uses an if
statement and will not pass a syntax check.  Any advice is greatly
appreciated.  I really need to figure out how to go with the if statement
because the === operator that case statements use do not work the way I need
them to when a regex object is placed in the right side of the expression.
This is a rough example of my syntax.  The actual code has different values
but the structure is the same.  I've used VIM with matchit and can not find
any errors.

1st set;

begin
    loopbreak = false
    while loopbreak != true
        str = gets
        case(str)
        when 'help', 'HELP'
            puts help
        when 'quit', 'QUIT'
            loopbreak = true
        when 'options', 'OPTIONS'
            puts options
        else
            puts "{#str} is not a valid command"
        end
    end

ensure
    somehousecleaning()
end


2nd set

begin
    loopbreak = false
    while loopbreak != true
        str = gets
        if str =~ /help|HELP/
            puts help
        else if str =~ /quit|QUIT/
            loopbreak = true
        else if str =~ /options|OPTIONS/
            puts options
        else
            puts "{#str} is not a valid command"
        end
    end

ensure
    somehousecleaning()
end

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