Question
This function is supposed to pull names from a Comma Separated Values file, and place them into an array.
def xprt_csv_to_ary(csv_file)
namecatcher_regex = "/^[\.{1}]([A-Z]+)\.{3}/" # Matches up to char before next name
current_word = 0
names_array = []
while current_word < 5000
if current_word == 0
name = csv_file.readline.match(namecatched_regex)
else
name = csv_file.past_match.match(namecatcher_regex)
end
names_array[current_word] = name
current_word ++
end
return names_array
end
I'm getting the following error:
syntax error, unexpected keyword_end
I would be as happy to be referred to an existing question that solves my problem as to have someone answer me directly.
Answer
Your error comes from line:
current_word ++
There's no such syntax in Ruby. It should be:
current_word += 1
What's more, you create your regexp incorrectly. It should be:
namecatcher_regex = /^[\.{1}]([A-Z]+)\.{3}/
There may be some other errors that I didn't notice.