Exception: SyntaxError

Inherits:

ScriptError

• Object
• Exception
• ScriptError
• SyntaxError

Defined in:

error.c,
error.c

Overview

Raised when encountering Ruby code with an invalid syntax.

eval("1+1=2")

raises the exception:

SyntaxError: (eval):1: syntax error, unexpected '=', expecting $end

Instance Method Summary

• #new([msg]) ⇒ Object constructor

  Construct a SyntaxError exception.

Methods inherited from Exception

#==, #backtrace, #backtrace_locations, #cause, #exception, exception, #full_message, #inspect, #message, #set_backtrace, #to_s, to_tty?

Constructor Details

#new([msg]) ⇒ Object

Construct a SyntaxError exception.

# File 'error.c', line 1969

static VALUE
syntax_error_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    VALUE mesg;
    if (argc == 0) {
	mesg = rb_fstring_lit("compile error");
	argc = 1;
	argv = &mesg;
    }
    return rb_call_super(argc, argv);
}