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Start your free trialHarrison Hondo
7,283 PointsLine of code Jason uses causes error
After the step where jason adds the line
length: { minimum: 2 }
to the app/models/todo_item.rb file it gives the error
Adding todo items displays an error with no content (FAILED - 1) is successful with valid content (FAILED - 2) displays an error with content less than 2 characters long (FAILED - 3)
Failures:
1) Adding todo items displays an error with no content
Failure/Error: click_link "List Items"
SyntaxError:
/Users/hsh2692/projects/odot/app/models/todo_item.rb:5: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting keyword_end
length: { minimum: 2 }
^
# ./app/views/todo_items/index.html.erb:5:in _app_views_todo_items_index_html_erb___3584457723259976203_70216854123700'
# ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:9:in
block in visit_todo_list'
# ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:8:in visit_todo_list'
# ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:25:in
block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
2) Adding todo items is successful with valid content
Failure/Error: click_link "List Items"
SyntaxError:
/Users/hsh2692/projects/odot/app/models/todo_item.rb:5: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting keyword_end
length: { minimum: 2 }
^
# ./app/views/todo_items/index.html.erb:5:in _app_views_todo_items_index_html_erb___3584457723259976203_70216854123700'
# ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:9:in
block in visit_todo_list'
# ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:8:in visit_todo_list'
# ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:14:in
block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
3) Adding todo items displays an error with content less than 2 characters long
Failure/Error: click_link "List Items"
SyntaxError:
/Users/hsh2692/projects/odot/app/models/todo_item.rb:5: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting keyword_end
length: { minimum: 2 }
^
# ./app/views/todo_items/index.html.erb:5:in _app_views_todo_items_index_html_erb___3584457723259976203_70216854123700'
# ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:9:in
block in visit_todo_list'
# ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:8:in visit_todo_list'
# ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:36:in
block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
Finished in 0.33155 seconds 3 examples, 3 failures
Failed examples:
rspec ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:24 # Adding todo items displays an error with no content rspec ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:13 # Adding todo items is successful with valid content rspec ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:35 # Adding todo items displays an error with content less than 2 characters long
Randomized with seed 40801
I tried to decipher the error message and assumed that the first ":" needed to be deleted which gave a similar error complaining about the second ":". After deleting both of the ":" I was left with the same error that Jason had before he added the line of code.
1 Answer
Brandon Barrette
20,485 PointsDo you have it like this?
validates :content, presence: true, length: {minimum: 2}
Harrison Hondo
7,283 PointsHarrison Hondo
7,283 PointsWow, thanks. I somehow missed the comma after true even after scanning back through the code for about an hour.