Strange ruby error

Ruby
1

i get strange error test.rb.rb:14: syntax error, unexpected ‘}’

makes no sense as the only time i use } is to close the each block. pl
help
require ‘fastercsv’
#put everything in an array
array = FasterCSV.read(“c:\temp\two.txt”)
seconds=0
lastminute=0
array.each{|row|
minute=row[1].split(":")[1].to_i
puts minute
puts lastminute
if(minute =lastminute) then
puts “same as last minute”
seconds=seconds+1
end if
}

2

On 6/10/2011 9:25 PM, Junkone wrote:

minute=row[1].split(":")[1].to_i
puts minute
puts lastminute
if(minute =lastminute) then
puts “same as last minute”
seconds=seconds+1
end if
}

You have an extra if' after the lastend’.

Su

3

You have a number of small syntax/logical errors here, I think. First,
the “then” in this line should be removed:

if(minute =lastminute) then

as should the “if” at the very end:

end if

Also, you probably meant “minute == lastminute”, not “=”, which will
assign lastminute to minute (that’s probably not what you want).

It should just be:

if minute == last_minute
  # ...
end

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4

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:35:43AM +0900, John F. wrote:

Also, you probably meant “minute == lastminute”, not “=”, which will
assign lastminute to minute (that’s probably not what you want).

Also also . . . the code is horribly formatted, and it took me about
four
times as long as it should have to notice the errors in the code as a
result (which might be why my response is so much later than the other
two I see here).