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Exception: SyntaxError

Relationships & Source Files
Super Chains via Extension / Inclusion / Inheritance
Class Chain:
self, ::ScriptError, ::Exception
Instance Chain:
self, ::ScriptError, ::Exception
Inherits: ScriptError
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

Class Attribute Summary

::Exception - Inherited

.to_tty?

Returns true if exception messages will be sent to a terminal device.

Class Method Summary

::Exception - Inherited

.exception

Returns an exception object of the same class as self; useful for creating a similar exception, but with a different message.
.new

Returns a new exception object.

Instance Method Summary

::Exception - Inherited

#==

Returns whether object is the same class as self and its #message and #backtrace are equal to those of self.
#backtrace

Returns a backtrace value for self; the returned value depends on the form of the stored backtrace value:
#backtrace_locations

Returns a backtrace value for self; the returned value depends on the form of the stored backtrace value:
#cause

Returns the previous value of global variable $!, which may be nil (see Global Variables):
#detailed_message

Returns the message string with enhancements:
#exception

Returns an exception object of the same class as self; useful for creating a similar exception, but with a different message.
#full_message

Returns an enhanced message string:
#inspect

Returns a string representation of self:
#message

Returns #to_s.
#set_backtrace

Sets the backtrace value for self; returns the given +value:
#to_s

Returns a string representation of self:

Constructor Details

.new([msg]) ⇒ syntax_error

Construct a SyntaxError exception.

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# File 'error.c', line 2807



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);
}