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Karen DuVall
537 PointsREPL is not working. Keep getting syntax error message.
Can anyone help with this? The REPL does not run in the console for me. I type csharp> and try to use it, but I get "bash: syntax error near unexpected token '('" (when I try to run anything that has parameters.)
I have no idea why but it seems like the console just doesn't run REPL when I try to open it.
4 Answers
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsIf you get an error message starting with "bash: ...", then you're not running the REPL — "bash" is the name of the system command shell.
Whatever you did before the line that got that error must have caused the REPL to exit. Or perhaps it wasn't started yet and you were entering commands to the shell.
Karen DuVall
537 PointsI'm starting without having run anything. I open workspaces completely fresh. I've even created new, completely blank, program files just to see if I could get the REPL to run, and I still get the same error message.
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsTo run the REPL, type "csharp" (not "csharp>").
Karen DuVall
537 PointsOhhh gotcha. Ok. Why do the videos have "csharp>?"
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsThat's not what you type, it's the prompt from the REPL while you are running it.
Karen DuVall
537 PointsOkay, awesome. Thanks!