Nested IF statements

Ruby
1

I’m very new to Ruby and am desperately trying to figure out what seems
to be a fairly simple script. Is there something special I need to know
in regards to IF statements with Ruby that may differ from most other
languages?

The structure of the script looks like the following:

for

if

    if

    else

    end

elsif

end

if

end

end

It’s bugging at the first and only elsif. (syntax error, unexpected
kELSIF, expecting kEND)

2

On 5/11/06, Angelo [email protected] wrote:

    if

    else

    end

elsif

you need an else here

3

On 5/11/06, Angelo [email protected] wrote:

if

end

end

It’s bugging at the first and only elsif. (syntax error, unexpected
kELSIF, expecting kEND)

I’m guessing it’s actually a problem with your elided (not shown)
code. If I take you structure and add in some simple conditions and
statements, it runs fine:

for i in (1…10).to_a
if i > 5
if i < 8
puts “i is 6 or 7”
else
puts “i is 8, 9 or 19”
end
elsif i < 2
puts “i is 1”
end
if (i % 2).zero?
puts “#{i} is even”
end
end

produces:

i is 1
2 is even
4 is even
i is 6 or 7
6 is even
i is 6 or 7
i is 8, 9 or 19
8 is even
i is 8, 9 or 19
i is 8, 9 or 19
10 is even

My guess is you have some other construct requiring an ‘end’ (while
loop, block, etc.) that is missing its ‘end’ between the first ‘end’
(of the nested if) and the ‘elsif’ in question. Since you’re still in
the other construct, the parser is expecting to see that construct
closed (with a kEND token) before seeing the kELSIF token of the
enclosing if statement.

Jacob F.