From: Mike Cargal <mike@...>
Date: 2010-12-28T06:57:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Where is the extar end keyword.

You would't happen to be a COBOL programmer would you?  no insult intended, but appears that your problem is a period after the 'end' for the pig method.
On Dec 27, 2010, at 4:37 PM, William Colls wrote:

> ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [x86_64-linux]
> Kubuntu 10.04 64 Bit.
> 
> I know this is REALLY basic stuff, but has me stumped. The following is
> an example from the Pick Axe book (Seventh printing Dec 2005):
> 
> require 'tk'
> class PigBox
>        def pig(word)
>                leading_cap = word =~ /^[A-Z]/
>                word.downcase!
>                res = case word
>                        when /^[aeiouy]/
>                                word+"way"
>                        when /^([aeiouy]+)(.*)/
>                                $2+$1+"ay"
>                        else
>                                word
>                        end  # else condition of case
>                leading_cap ? res.capitalize : res
>        end.   # method pig
> 
>        def show_pig
>                @text.value = @text.value.split.collect{ |w| pig(w)
> }.join(" ")
>        end   # method show_pig
> 
>        def initialize
>                ph = { 'padx' => 10, 'pady' => 10 }    # Common Options
> 
>                root = TkRoot.new { title "Pig" }
>                top = TkFrame.new(root) { background "white" }
> 
>                TkLabel.new(top) { text 'Enter Text:' ; pack(ph) }
> 
>                @text = TkVariable.new
>                TkEntry.new(top, 'textvariable' => @text).pack(ph)
> 
>                pig_b = TkButton.new(top) { text 'Pig It' ; pack ph }
>                pig_b.command { show_pig }
>                exit_b = TkButton.new(top) {text 'Exit'; pack ph}
>                exit_b.command { exit }
>                top.pack('fill' =>'both', 'side' =>'top' )
>        end  # method initialize
> end  # Class PigBox
> 
> PigBox.new
> Tk.mainloop
> 
> When I run it, I get an error as follows:
> 
> Ex2.rb:38: syntax error, unexpected keyword_end, expecting $end
> end  # Class PigBox
> 
> I Understand that the error message is telling me that I have an extra
> end keyword. The interpretor expected the end of File. But I can't
> determine which is extra "end". Comparing line by line with text in the
> book, it appears identical. Downloading the source from the web site,
> and it runs as expected, and again, line by line comparison seems to be
> identical.
> 
> So what have I miss-typed?
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
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