Syntax error "syntax error, unexpected end-of-input, expecting keyword_end (SyntaxError)"

Question

I can't run my Rspec user_spec.rb test due to a syntax error. Too many "end" perhaps in 2 different files? I've added and deleted 'end' in certain places without success.

Syntax error "syntax error, unexpected end-of-input, expecting keyword_end (SyntaxError)" require 'spec_helper'

user_spec.rb

describe User do

  before do
    @user = User.new(name: "Example User", email: "user@example.com",
                     password: "foobar", password_confirmation: "foobar")
  end

  subject { @user }

  it { should respond_to(:name) }
  it { should respond_to(:email) }
  it { should respond_to(:password_digest) }
  it { should respond_to(:password) }
  it { should respond_to(:password_confirmation) }

  it { should be_valid }

    before do
    @user = User.new(name: "Example User", email: "user@example.com")
  end

  subject { @user }

  it { should respond_to(:name) }
  it { should respond_to(:email) }
  it { should respond_to(:password_digest) }

  before do
    @user = User.new(name: "Example User", email: "user@example.com")
  end

  subject { @user }

  it { should respond_to(:name) }
  it { should respond_to(:email) }

  it { should be_valid }

  describe "when name is too long" do
    before { @user.name = "a" * 51 }
    it { should_not be_valid }
  end
end

describe "when email format is invalid" do
    it "should be invalid" do
      addresses = %w[user@foo,com user_at_foo.org example.user@foo.
                     foo@bar_baz.com foo@bar+baz.com]
      addresses.each do |invalid_address|
        @user.email = invalid_address
        expect(@user).not_to be_valid
      end
    end

  describe "when email format is valid" do
    it "should be valid" do
      addresses = %w[user@foo.COM A_US-ER@f.b.org frst.lst@foo.jp a+b@baz.cn]
      addresses.each do |valid_address|
        @user.email = valid_address
        expect(@user).to be_valid
      end
    end


describe "when email address is already taken" do
    before do
      user_with_same_email = @user.dup
      user_with_same_email.save
    end
describe "when password is not present" do
    before do
      @user = User.new(name: "Example User", email: "user@example.com",
                       password: " ", password_confirmation: " ")
    end
    it { should_not be_valid }
  end

  describe "when password doesn't match confirmation" do
    before { @user.password_confirmation = "mismatch" }
    it { should_not be_valid }
  end

user_pages_spec.rb

   require 'spec_helper'

describe "User pages" do

  subject { page }

  describe "signup" do
    before { visit signup_path }


    it { should have_content('Sign up') }
    it { should have_title(full_title('Sign up')) }
  end
end

    let(:submit) { "Create my account" }

    describe "with invalid information" do
      it "should not create a user" do
        expect { click_button submit }.not_to change(User, :count)
      end
    end

    describe "with valid information" do
      before do
        fill_in "Name",         with: "Example User"
        fill_in "Email",        with: "user@example.com"
        fill_in "Password",     with: "foobar"
        fill_in "Confirmation", with: "foobar"
      end
    end

      it "should create a user" do
        expect { click_button submit }.to change(User, :count).by(1)
      end
    end

Terminal Output

/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:819:in `load': /Users/Abraham/code/sample_app/spec/models/user_spec.rb:85: syntax error, unexpected end-of-input, expecting keyword_end (SyntaxError)
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:819:in `block in load_spec_files'
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:819:in `each'
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:819:in `load_spec_files'
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:22:in `run'
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:80:in `run'
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:17:in `block in autorun'

Answer 1

Just posting in case it help someone else. The cause of this error for me was a missing do after creating a form with form_with. Hope that may help someone else

Answer 2

$ rails server -b $IP -p $PORT - that solved the same problem for me

Answer 3

Do you perhaps have one too many here?

 describe "when name is too long" do
     before { @user.name = "a" * 51 }
     it { should_not be_valid }
 end
 end

Answer 4

It seems that you have a bunch of describes that never have ends keywords, starting with describe "when email format is invalid" do until describe "when email address is already taken" do

Put an end on those guys and you're probably done =)