Re: [newbie] Programmer Tutorial Question

• Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 14:16:25 PST
• From:
  Don Schwarz <don@darkowl.pr.mcs.net>
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  darkowl@mcs.net
• cc: moo-cows@parc.xerox.com
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• In-Reply-To: <31000BCD.31DF@oise.on.ca>

On Fri, 19 Jan 1996, D. Jason Nolan wrote:

> #110:do_the_work not compiled because:
>   Line 3:  syntax error
> 
>   2:    if ($object_utils:isa(this.location,$room)
> __3_      this.location:announce_all(this.name," ",this:continue_msg());
> 
> Now, this is exactly what is in the tutorial, so I can't even guess at
> how I might get through learning this to get onto the next phase.  Any
> help, or any other tutorial document references would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance, and apologies for the newbie bandwidth waste,
> 
You forgot a ) at the end of line 2, the error registers in line 3 because
the compiler doesn't realize the ) is missing until it gets to the beginning
of line 3.  The same thing happens with missing semicolons.

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