From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2009-04-04T15:21:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Got some syntax error I can't spot. Can you (I hope)?

On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 11:34 AM, RichardOnRails
<RichardDummyMailbox58407@uscomputergurus.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I pulled my problem code from my app into a test on http://www.pastie.org/436616.
>
> Lines 13-19 are the problem code in my app.
>
> Lines preceding them I set up needed definitions and test individual
> components of the problematic code.
>
> The final lines display the error lines 13-19 produce.  Can you see
> what the problem is?

It's a precedence thing - % has higher precedence than +. Try this:

# before
puts "Considering saving the trade-group" 	+
  "\tfor symbol \"%s\", "+
  "\tgroup size: %d, " +
  "\tand # groups saved thus far: " +
      "open(%d), " +
      "completed(%d)" %
      [savedSymbol, tradeGroup.size, openTrades.size, completedTrades.size]

# after

puts ("Considering saving the trade-group" 	+
  "\tfor symbol \"%s\", "+
  "\tgroup size: %d, " +
  "\tand # groups saved thus far: " +
      "open(%d), " +
      "completed(%d)") %
      [savedSymbol, tradeGroup.size, openTrades.size, completedTrades.size]

martin



>
> Thanks in Advance,
> Richard
>
>