Each_byte question

Ruby
1

Hi,

I am new to Ruby(v 1.8.6),
I will like to know if is possible to
use multiple lines on a block for the each_byte method on strings.

Something like:

coset=9
i=0

message =
“adsfasdfakjhkjhowerjkbvmzbcnvkfhoeiwrukfhzadsfhhfalkhweryiuwyoyqbvbv”

message.each_byte do |letter|
i=+1
if i == coset
puts
else
print letter
end
end
this code will yield : syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting kEND
Any explanation will be appreciated.
Thanks
-L

2

Hi Luis,

On Feb 25, 2:32 pm, Luis M. [email protected] wrote:

message =
“adsfasdfakjhkjhowerjkbvmzbcnvkfhoeiwrukfhzadsfhhfalkhweryiuwyoyqbvbv”

message.each_byte do |letter|
i=+1

i=0
puts i # => 0
i+=1
puts i # => 1
i+=1
puts i # => 2
i=+1
puts i # => 1
i=+5
puts i # => 5

i will always be 1 (ie i = +1)
you want i+=1

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cheers,

3

Luis M. wrote:

this code will yield : syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting kEND
Any explanation will be appreciated.

If I run your code here, it runs without error (well, i will always be
1, so
the if-part will never execute, but the program finishes successfully
without
error message).

4

On Feb 25, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Luis M. wrote:

Luis M. wrote:

this code will yield : syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting kEND
Any explanation will be appreciated.

hmm!!??
Thanks Sebastian
I will keep investigating then.

-L

$end means the end of file
kEND means the ‘end’ keyword

So the error message is saying: “Hey, I ran out of code when I still
expected to see an ‘end’ to close a block (‘do’), ‘if’, ‘for’,
‘while’, etc.”

-Rob

Rob B. http://agileconsultingllc.com
[email protected]

5

Sebastian H. wrote:

Luis M. wrote:

this code will yield : syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting kEND
Any explanation will be appreciated.

If I run your code here, it runs without error (well, i will always be
1, so
the if-part will never execute, but the program finishes successfully
without
error message).

hmm!!??
Thanks Sebastian
I will keep investigating then.

-L