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David West
David West

Reputation: 2328

"unexpected keyword_do_block" when trying to use a block

This is my program:

my_hash.each |w| do
    p "is this right?"
    awesome_print w
    fix = gets
    fix.chop
    if (fix == "N")
        p "Tell me what it should be"
        correction = gets
        w[1] = correction
    end
end

This is the error I get:

what.rb:1: syntax error, unexpected keyword_do_block
what.rb:12: syntax error, unexpected keyword_end, expecting $end

does anybody know why I get that error?

here's my_hash: {:banana=>:fruit, :pear=>:fruit, :sandal=>:fruit, :panda=>:fruit, :apple=>:fruit}

I just want to operate on each individual key pair in the conventional Ruby way. How do I do that?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 608

Answers (1)

Linuxios
Linuxios

Reputation: 35803

You have the syntax backward. It should be:

my_hash.each do |w|

Instead of:

my_hash.each |w| do

Upvotes: 4

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