Nested IF statements

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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)

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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

you need an else here

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On 5/11/06, Angelo <angelogladding@gmail.com> wrote:

    end

    if

    end

end

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

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3

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
  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 Fugal

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On 5/11/06, Angelo <angelogladding@gmail.com> wrote:

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)