From: Shannon Fang <xrfang@...>
Date: 2002-12-16T04:33:29+09:00
Subject: syntax error (Re: multi-lang support in Ruby)

Hi,

The following statement will generate a syntax error:

text.gsub!(/&#(\d+);/) do begin $1.to_i.chr rescue end; end

also, this is wrong:

text.gsub!(/&#(\d+);/) do $1.to_i.chr rescue end

but this is ok:

text.gsub!(/&#(\d+);/) do
   begin
      $1.to_i.chr
   rescue
   end;
end

Can anyone explain to me the general rules of when I can write code on
one line, and when I must write it on multiple lines?

Thanks!
Shannon