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Hoormazd Kia
Courses Plus Student 6,075 Pointssyntax error, unexpected end-of-input, expecting keyword_end (SyntaxError)
Hello, My problem begins about 5 minutes into the tutorial video, where we are asked to run the following command in our CLI
"bin/rspec spec/features/todo_lists/edit_spec.rb "
We are supposed to expect a failure, but I receive a "expecting keyword_end" syntax error as mentioned above, but the error isn't coming from the edit_spec.rb file, it's coming from all over the place, here's the full text...
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Myname-MacBook-Pro:odot username$ bin/rspec spec/features/todo_lists/edit_spec.rb
/Users/username/treehouse/projects/odot/config/environment.rb:2:in require': /Users/username/treehouse/projects/odot/config/application.rb:28: syntax error, unexpected end-of-input, expecting keyword_end (SyntaxError)
from /Users/username/treehouse/projects/odot/config/environment.rb:2:in<top (required)>'
from /Users/username/treehouse/projects/odot/spec/spec_helper.rb:3:in require'
from /Users/username/treehouse/projects/odot/spec/spec_helper.rb:3:in<top (required)>'
from /Users/username/treehouse/projects/odot/spec/features/todo_lists/edit_spec.rb:1:in require'
from /Users/username/treehouse/projects/odot/spec/features/todo_lists/edit_spec.rb:1:in<top (required)>'
from /Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:in load'
from /Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:inblock in load_spec_files'
from /Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:in each'
from /Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:inload_spec_files'
from /Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.1/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:18:in run'
from /Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:103:inrun'
from /Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:17:in `block in autorun'
Myname-MacBook-Pro:odot username$
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Here's the code (so far) from edit_spec.rb
''' require 'spec_helper'
describe "Editing todo lists" do it "updates a todo list successfully with correct information" do todo_list = TodoList.create(title: "Groceries", description: "Grocery list.")
visit "/todo_lists"
within "#todo_list_#{todo_list.id}" do
click_link "Edit"
end
fill_in "Title", with: "New title"
fill_in "Description", with: "New description"
click_button "Update Todo list"
todo_list.reload
expect(page).to have_content("Todo list was successfully updated")
expect(todo_list.title).to eq("New title")
expect(todo_list.description).to eq("New description")
end
end '''
Thanks
Cyrus
2 Answers
Kevin Lozandier
Courses Plus Student 53,747 PointsHi,
It seems you forgot to add end to account for your it block.
describe "Editing todo lists" do
it "updates a todo list successfully with correct information" do
todo_list = TodoList.create(title: "Groceries", description: "Grocery list.")
visit "/todo_lists"
within "#todo_list_#{todo_list.id}" do
click_link "Edit"
end
fill_in "Title", with: "New title"
fill_in "Description", with: "New description"
click_button "Update Todo list"
todo_list.reload
expect(page).to have_content("Todo list was successfully updated")
expect(todo_list.title).to eq("New title")
expect(todo_list.description).to eq("New description")
end # You forgot an end here
end
Kevin Lozandier
Courses Plus Student 53,747 PointsHi again, Hoormazd Kia:
It may have been a problem beyond your syntax error; it may have been also a runtime error your previous version did not have.
That said, glad this problem is behind you so you can continue learning Rails!
Hoormazd Kia
Courses Plus Student 6,075 PointsI found the issue that caused my original problem. At first it caused no issues whatsoever, which is why it was so hard for me to find the problem.
In one of the tutorial videos for the todo list project Jason decides to add some additional information to applications.rb to reduce the amount of textual information we receive in the command line. The solution didn't work for me, so I added the following code...
#Added by me (may be what caused the problems BELOW)
##ENDED UP CAUSING PROBLEMS
#RSpec.configure do |c|
# c.expose_current_running_example_as :example
#end
#Added by me (may be what caused the problems ABOVE)
It did exactly what Jason desired. So I thought nothing of it. For lack of a technical explanation the problem just "creeps up" as I progress through building the application.
Hoormazd Kia
Courses Plus Student 6,075 PointsHoormazd Kia
Courses Plus Student 6,075 PointsHi,
thanks for your effort! My initial thought was that that was the syntax error, but it didn't correct the issue. I reverted to a previous version and just worked from there. Going to mark it as the best answer though since I recreated the error and this solved the problem. Not sure what was different from the first go around, but your solution worked the second time!