Yaml error. dunno why

Ruby
1

i have a simple yml file and am trying to parse it.

development:
TWSDirectory: E:\Jts\dlqkjifys
Second: E:\Jts\test\

i get a error that i am not able to comprehend. pl help
irb(main):020:0> conf = YAML::load(File.open(RailsDirectory+ ‘config/
constants.y
ml’))
‘rgumentError: syntax error on line 5, col 12: Second: E:\Jts \test\ from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:inload’
from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load’
from (irb):20

2

On Nov 10, 2007 8:55 AM, Junkone [email protected] wrote:

‘rgumentError: syntax error on line 5, col 12: Second: E:\Jts \test\ from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:inload’
from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load’
from (irb):20

development:
TWSDirectory: E:\Jts\dlqkjifys
Second: E:\Jts\test\

I believe that — is important, but I’m not sure. Try building your
hash
in irb and YAML.dump it.

Michael G.

3

Junkone wrote:

‘rgumentError: syntax error on line 5, col 12: Second: E:\Jts \test\ from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:inload’
from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load’
from (irb):20

I suspect the backslashes need to be escaped:

h = YAML.load(<<END)
development:
TWSDirectory: E:\Jts\dlqkjifys\
Second: E:\Jts\test\
END

puts h.to_yaml

END

Output:

development:
TWSDirectory: E:\Jts\dlqkjifys
Second: E:\Jts\test\

4

Hi,

On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 22:55 +0900, Junkone wrote:

i have a simple yml file and am trying to parse it.

development:
TWSDirectory: E:\Jts\dlqkjifys
Second: E:\Jts\test\

First, make sure your items are indented at the same level:

development:
TWSDirectory: E:\Jts\dlqkjifys
Second: E:\Jts\test\

Notice the way “TWSDirectory” and “Second” have the same number of
spaces before them.

This may still not work. Have a look at this example:

irb(main):008:0> YAML.load <<-YAML
irb(main):009:0" abcdefg
irb(main):010:0" hijkl
irb(main):011:0" YAML
=> “abcdefghijkl”

Your “” at the end of the line is joining the two lines into one!
Suffice to say, this works:

irb(main):017:0> YAML.load <<YAML
irb(main):018:0" development:
irb(main):019:0" TWSDirectory: E:\Jts\dlqkjifys
irb(main):020:0" Second: E:\Jts\test
irb(main):021:0" YAML
=> {“development”=>{“TWSDirectory”=>“E:Jtsdlqkjifys”, “Second”=>“E:Jts
\test”}}
irb(main):022:0>

Hope this helps,

Arlen