# Maybe IRB bug! by 09

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/maybe-irb-bug-by-09/130901>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [March 4, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/maybe-irb-bug-by-09/130901 "2008-03-04T11:27:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/maybe-irb-bug-by-09/130901/1 "2008-03-04T11:27:06Z")

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% irb  
irb(main):001:0\> RUBY\_VERSION  
=\> “1.9.0”  
irb(main):002:0\> RUBY\_REVISION  
=\> 15688  
irb(main):003:0\> 09  
SyntaxError: (irb):3: Invalid octal digit  
from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb/workspace.rb:80:in  
`eval' from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb/workspace.rb:80:in`evaluate’  
from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb/context.rb:218:in  
`evaluate' from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb.rb:149:in`block  
(2 levels) in eval\_input’  
from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb.rb:262:in  
`signal_status' from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb.rb:146:in`block  
in eval\_input’  
from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb/ruby-lex.rb:243:in  
`block (2 levels) in each_top_level_statement' from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb/ruby-lex.rb:230:in`loop’  
from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb/ruby-lex.rb:230:in  
`block in each_top_level_statement' from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb/ruby-lex.rb:229:in`catch’  
from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb/ruby-lex.rb:229:in  
`each_top_level_statement' from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb.rb:145:in`eval\_input’  
from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb.rb:69:in `block in start' from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb.rb:68:in`catch’  
from /home/akr/ruby/yarvo0/lib/ruby/1.9.0/irb.rb:68:in `start' from /home/akr/bin/irb:12:in`’  
Maybe IRB bug!!  
irb(main):004:0\>