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Ruby Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Creating Methods in Tests

Charles-Eric Legras
Charles-Eric Legras
4,917 Points
Posted by Charles-Eric Legras
Charles-Eric Legras
4,917 Points

Validation Trouble

when I run this command inside the terminal

bin/rspec spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb

I have this error message:

/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:in load': /Users/Charlou/treehouse/projects/odot/spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb:5: syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting keyword_end (SyntaxError) options[:title] ⎜⎜="My todo list" ^ /Users/Charlou/treehouse/projects/odot/spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb:6: syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting keyword_end options[:description] ⎜⎜= "This is my todo list." ^ from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:inblock in load_spec_files' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:in each' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:inload_spec_files' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:18:in run' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:103:inrun' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:17:in `block in autorun'

2 Answers

Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points
Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points

Looks like this file

spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb

Around line 6. Check for a missing "end". Notice that in the error message:

syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting keyword_end (SyntaxError) options[:title] ⎜⎜="My todo list" ^

Notice it's somewhere around the options[:title]

Charles-Eric Legras
Charles-Eric Legras
4,917 Points
Charles-Eric Legras
Charles-Eric Legras
4,917 Points

Thanks!! ;) Seems to work properly now