From: Henry Maddocks <hmaddocks@...>
Date: 2012-09-27T05:33:29+09:00
Subject: Re: How To Rectify This Error?


On 27/09/2012, at 8:18 AM, Eric Christopherson wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:00 AM, Jan E. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> The error message is actually telling you what's wrong: The parser ran
>> into the end of the file while we was still expecing an "end".
> 
> True, but the error message is hard to decipher. When it says "$end",
> it means the end of the file; when it says "keyword_end", it means the
> actual word "end".

WAT! "keyword_end" is hard to understand? This is the ruby equivalent of missing a closing brace or a semi colon. A Ruby coder is going to see this error message all the time.

The fact that the OP thought it was easier to post a message here rather than working it out himself boggles the mind.

 Henry