From: Justin Collins <justincollins@...>
Date: 2010-10-01T12:06:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Syntax error

Anthony Ob wrote:
> John Sikora wrote:
>   
>>> Sorry I forgot to post this.
>>> http://rubylearning.com/satishtalim/ruby_blocks.html
>>> I was doing that above the summary in the code, above the output.
>>>       
>> If I read the example correctly, the colon (:) should be a semi-colon 
>> (;).
>>
>> js
>>     
>
> I have done that and it says:
> Test6.rb:4 syntax error, unexpected ';', tCOLON2 or '[' or '.'
> 3.times do |y;X|
>
> test6.rb:5: syntax error, unexpected tSTRING_BEG, expecting kDO or '<'
> or '<'
>           puts "Looping #{y}"
>
> test6.rb:7: syntax error, unexpected kEND, expecting $end]
>
>   

As the page notes, this was introduced in Ruby 1.9.1. I'm guessing you 
are using an older version.

-Justin