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Start your free trialSean Flanagan
33,235 PointsSyntax error
Hi. I have a keyword_end error in my syntax, on line 69:
class Contact
attr_writer :forename, :middle_name, :surname
def forename
@forename
end
def middle_name
@middle_name
end
def surname
@surname
end
def forename_first
forename + " " + surname
end
def surname_first
surname_first = surname
surname_first += ", "
surname_first += forename
if !middle_name.nil?
surname_first += " "
surname_first += middle_name.slice(0, 1)
surname_first += "."
end
surname_first
end
def full_name
full_name = forename
if !middle_name.nil?
full_name += " "
full_name += middle_name
end
full_name += ' '
full_name += surname
full_name
end
def to_s(format = "full_name")
case format
when "full_name"
full_name
when "surname_first"
surname_first
when "first"
forename
when "last"
surname
else
surname_first
end
end
sean = Contact.new
sean.forename = "Sean"
sean.middle_name = "Michael"
sean.surname = "Flanagan"
puts sean.to_s
puts sean.to_s("full_name")
puts sean.to_s("surname_first")
marcia = Contact.new
marcia.forename = "Marcia"
marcia.surname = "Scott"
puts marcia.to_s("forename_first") //keyword_end error here
Does anyone know where I've gone wrong please?
Thanks. :-)
1 Answer
Thomas Perkins
496 Pointsput "end"
You seem to have left out an "end" that's about all I can see.
Sean Flanagan
33,235 PointsHi Thomas. Thanks for your input. I think I can see where I've missed an "end" statement: after "surname_first"? I've just typed it and now the program works.
Cheers. :-)
Juan Ordaz
12,012 PointsJuan Ordaz
12,012 PointsI could be wrong... But beside missing an "end" keyword after surname_first at the end of the method "to_s", you have a bug -- calling a format you haven't write (located at the last line of your code) in your case statement, inside the "to_s method". I think what you meant to pass as a argument was "puts marcia.to_s("full_name")" instead of "puts marcia.to_s("forename_first")"... When you run this code on your terminal it does not throw an error but it does not do what you think is doing, which is returning the first name.