# Re: x.times dont work

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-x-times-dont-work/58825>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 26, 2006, 9:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-x-times-dont-work/58825 "2006-04-26T09:59:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PeSSSSaS_Botp)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 9:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-x-times-dont-work/58825/1 "2006-04-26T09:59:29Z")

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On Behalf Of Dawid Skomski:

# irb(main):027:0\> 3.times(puts “Hello!”)

# (irb):27: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version

# Hello!

# ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (1 for 0)

# from (irb):27:in `times’

# from (irb):27

replace parens with curly brace.

welcome to ruby.

kind regards -botp

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**Author:** ![PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PeSSSSaS_Botp)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-x-times-dont-work/58825/2 "2006-04-26T19:47:13Z")

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Peña, Botp wrote:

> On Behalf Of Dawid Skomski:
> 
> # irb(main):027:0\> 3.times(puts “Hello!”)
> 
> # (irb):27: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
> 
> # Hello!
> 
> # ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (1 for 0)
> 
> # from (irb):27:in `times’
> 
> # from (irb):27
> 
> replace parens with curly brace.
> 
> welcome to ruby.
> 
> kind regards -botp

or you can put this,  
3.times do  
puts “hello!”  
end