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Ruby

Gary Insley
Gary Insley
14,133 Points

Problem when running bin/rspec for destroy_spec.rb tests (Deleting Todo Lists) - Creating a simple todo list application

I have been following along creating tests and running them, all my create tests and edit tests work, but when i have tried to run the Destroy Tests i am getting the following output to the console.

I have double checked all the code and do not believe there are any errors..... Could someone please help me to understand what the output means?

Thanks

Console output after trying to run bin/rspec on destroy_spec.rb :

Garys-MacBook-Pro:odot Gary$ bin/rspec spec/features/todo_lists/destroy_spec.rb

/Users/Gary/.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': /Users/Gary/Desktop/Treehouse/odot/spec/features/todo_lists/destroy_spec.rb:17: syntax error, unexpected keyword_end, expecting end-of-input (SyntaxError) from /Users/Gary/.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/Gary/.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/Gary/.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/Gary/.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/Gary/.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/Gary/.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'

2 Answers

We can say you have a syntax error on line 17 - an "unexpected end". This is likely to mean that you haven't closed something between lines 1 and 16 i.e. you're missing a required, additional 'end'. Check you've closed off all your blocks.

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

Please paste your whole spec code using Markdown.