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Ruby Ruby Foundations Loops Control Flow

Posted by Shawn Mathes
Shawn Mathes
1,823 Points

Invalid retry

I'm at the section of the video where Jason is doing the retry if statement. For some reason I'm getting an invalid retry and compile error (SyntaxError). Anyone else have this issue or know what I may be doing wrong? Thanks a lot!

2 Answers

Talia Imbrescia
Talia Imbrescia
8,469 Points
Talia Imbrescia
Talia Imbrescia
8,469 Points

I had the same issue; turns out the latest version of Ruby doesn't support retry as shown in the video. So you can skip it for now or check out the Ruby docs for rescue (where retry can be used).

More info: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/invalid-retry-and-compile-error-syntaxerror

Andrew Gray
Andrew Gray
10,088 Points
Andrew Gray
Andrew Gray
10,088 Points

Retry hasn't worked that way for about a year now! A note on the video would have been nice as this is very confusing! I hope someone changes the quiz and the extra credit assignment for loops soon as these include retry too!