# \[p 3,4\] is syntax error in trunk

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/p-3-4-is-syntax-error-in-trunk/177140>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [October 12, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/p-3-4-is-syntax-error-in-trunk/177140 "2009-10-12T11:25:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/p-3-4-is-syntax-error-in-trunk/177140/1 "2009-10-12T11:25:08Z")

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$ ruby -ve ‘[p 3,4]’  
ruby 1.8.7 (2009-06-12 patchlevel 174) [i686-darwin8]  
3  
4

$ ./ruby -ve ‘[p 3,4]’  
ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-10-12 trunk 25307) [i386-darwin8.11.1]  
-e:1: syntax error, unexpected tINTEGER, expecting keyword\_do or ‘{’ or  
‘(’  
[p 3,4]  
^  
-e: unexpected return

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**Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/p-3-4-is-syntax-error-in-trunk/177140/2 "2009-10-12T11:44:26Z")

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In message “Re: [ruby-dev:39467] [p 3,4] is syntax error in trunk”  
on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:24:53 +0900, masayoshi takahashi  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes:

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|$ ruby -ve ‘[p 3,4]’  
|ruby 1.8.7 (2009-06-12 patchlevel 174) [i686-darwin8]  
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**Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/p-3-4-is-syntax-error-in-trunk/177140/3 "2009-10-12T17:48:01Z")

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