Problems defining a method

yiannicivil

I am encountering an mysterious issue while defining a method.
Code goes as follows:

mod = Sketchup.active_model # Open model
ent = mod.entities # All entities in model
sel = mod.selection # Current selection

u = [1,0,0]
apoint = [1,0,0]
face1 = sel[0]
def classifiy(u, point1, face1)
   # σημείο προβολής
   pt = Geom;;Point3d.new pt
   result = faces_array[0].classify_point(pt)
   ent.add_cpoint pt
   if result == Sketchup;;Face;;PointOutside
      UI.messagebox(pt.to_s + ' is outside the face')
   elsif result == Sketchup;;Face;;PointInside
      UI.messagebox(pt.to_s + ' is inside the face')
   elsif result == Sketchup;;Face;;PointOnVertex
      UI.messagebox(pt.to_s + ' is on a vertex')  
   elsif result == Sketchup;;Face;;PointOnEdge
      UI.messagebox(pt.to_s + ' is on an edge of the face')   
   elsif result == Sketchup;;Face;;PointNotOnPlane
      UI.messagebox(pt.to_s + ' is not on the same plane as the face')
   end   
   result
end

classify (u, apoint, face1)

I get an error:
@unknownuser said:

Error: #<SyntaxError: C:/my_path.../3.rb:27: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting ')'
classify (u, point, face1)
        ^
C:/ProgramData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/test.rb:27: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting '='
classify (u, point, face1)
                      ^>
<main>:in load' <main>:in <main>'
-e:1:in `eval'
nil

Why is this happening? Other methods with multiple arguments work just fine..
I cant figure this out on my own.. Can anyone help?

driven

hi you have a spelling typo...

and a couple of things outside of scope.

once the typo is fixed, the errors show the scope issues

mod = Sketchup.active_model # Open model
@ent = mod.entities # All entities in model
sel = mod.selection # Current selection
 
u = [1,0,0]
apoint = [1,0,0]
face1 = sel[0]
def classifiy(u, point1, face1)
   # σημείο προβολής
   pt = Geom;;Point3d.new #pt
   result = face1.classify_point(pt)
   @ent.add_cpoint pt
   if result == Sketchup;;Face;;PointOutside
      UI.messagebox(pt.to_s + ' is outside the face')
   elsif result == Sketchup;;Face;;PointInside
      UI.messagebox(pt.to_s + ' is inside the face')
   elsif result == Sketchup;;Face;;PointOnVertex
      UI.messagebox(pt.to_s + ' is on a vertex') 
   elsif result == Sketchup;;Face;;PointOnEdge
      UI.messagebox(pt.to_s + ' is on an edge of the face')   
   elsif result == Sketchup;;Face;;PointNotOnPlane
      UI.messagebox(pt.to_s + ' is not on the same plane as the face')
   end   
   #result
end
 
classifiy(u, apoint, face1)

john

yiannicivil

Thank you John. I actually worked it out after trying really hard to see whats going wrong.
I guess you can see I am a starter in ruby scripting, though it is really fulfilling to see my code actually work!

tt_su

Your error message pointed to the last line in your code:
classify (u, apoint, face1)

I suspect it was the space between the method name and parentheses. Especially when you encounter syntax error it's good to go over your code and make sure the code style is consistent. Checking that there are no spaces between parentheses in method calls and making sure you have parentheses around all arguments etc.