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Ruby

Posted by Chris Yaconiello
Chris Yaconiello
7,715 Points

Ruby Retry Invalid syntax

I wasn't real sure where to put this who to tell/contact but in the Ruby Foundations >> Loops >> Flow Control ya'll go over the Retry command which has been (from what i have read) depreciated to only being able to be used with a begin statement.

"Retry was changed in Ruby 1.9 to only work on a rescue clause - you can only use it to "retry" a begin end block that has failed." - someone on a forum

6 Answers

George Ant
George Ant
1,801 Points
George Ant
George Ant
1,801 Points

I ran into the same problem...

until you guys fix the video, I'd suggest you put a little "Update" note (where you usually put links related to the video)

ps. i also suggest that the quiz question about retry in loops be removed

thanks

Mulumba Lwatula
Mulumba Lwatula
5,444 Points

I just ran into this issue and agree with George. A note would be very helpful.

Jason Seifer
STAFF
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Jason Seifer
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the heads-up! We're aware of the issue and that is on the list of videos to re-do. Sorry for the trouble!

Chris Yaconiello
Chris Yaconiello
7,715 Points
Chris Yaconiello
Chris Yaconiello
7,715 Points

Your good love the videos learning a lot just figured I would notify someone of this. Keep up the awesome work.

Chris

Jeffrey Horn
Jeffrey Horn
1,470 Points
Jeffrey Horn
Jeffrey Horn
1,470 Points

I ran into this same problem.

So then what would be the correct way to use the retry loop?

Justin Mullis
Justin Mullis
1,440 Points
Justin Mullis
Justin Mullis
1,440 Points

I just ran into this as well, I guess it hasn't been corrected yet? Spent a lot of time looking back over things :(

Mo Botan
Mo Botan
9,724 Points
Mo Botan
Mo Botan
9,724 Points

Still there.