SyntaxError in Campaign_groups#show

Question

I have looked at this a lot and just cannot find the syntax error, I keep getting:

compile error
/home/durrantm/code/it_trunk/webapp/app/views/campaign_groups/_cgs_overview.html.erb:36: syntax error, unexpected kELSE, expecting ')'
;  else ; @output_buffer.concat "\n  ...
       ^
/home/durrantm/code/it_trunk/webapp/app/views/campaign_groups/_cgs_overview.html.erb:40: syntax error, unexpected kEND, expecting ')'
;  end ; @output_buffer.concat "\n\n"
      ^
/home/durrantm/code/it_trunk/webapp/app/views/campaign_groups/_cgs_overview.html.erb:43: syntax error, unexpected kENSURE, expecting ')'
/home/durrantm/code/it_trunk/webapp/app/views/campaign_groups/_cgs_overview.html.erb:45: syntax error, unexpected kEND, expecting ')'

The entire code for the page (_cgs_overview.html.erb) is:

<% if @campaign_group.campaigns.count > 0 %>
    <%=# render :partial => 'show_offer_images' %>
    <div class="overview">

      <table class="show_activity show_overview">
        <tr>
          <th>Unique Shoppers</th>
          <td id="overview-shoppers" class="clearable">-</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <th>Issuances</th>
          <td id="overview-issuances" class="clearable">-</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <th>Redemptions</th>
          <td title="Redemption rate does not include informational campaigns" id="overview-redemptions" class="clearable">-</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <th>Total Cost</th>
          <td id="overview-cost" class="clearable">-</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <th>Products</th>
          <td id="overview-products" class="clearable">-</td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="clear:both;"></div>

    <div style="width:300px; padding-bottom: 10px">
      <%=# link_to("<<", campaign_group_path(params[:id], :offer_images_offset_for_pagination => @previous_images_to_paginate )) %>&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <%=# link_to(">>", campaign_group_path(params[:id], :offer_images_offset_for_pagination => @next_images_to_paginate )) %>&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <%=# link_to(">ajax>", :remote => true, :action => 'show_offer_images', :campaign_group_id => params[:id], :offer_images_offset_for_pagination => @next_images_to_paginate ) %>
    </div>

<% else %>
    <p style="font-size:120%;font-style:italic;margin:140px 0 160px;">
      There are no campaigns in this group.
    </p>
<% end %>

first thing you should do is to remove all those commented lines like `<%=# render :partial => .... %>` and try again — cristian, Dec 15 '11 at 21:24
Thanks guys I have tried the above before posting. Still stuck. This one is really weird which is why I am posting it — Michael Durrant, Dec 15 '11 at 21:28
i removed the middle html table and replaced it wit ';table' but no luck — Michael Durrant, Dec 15 '11 at 21:52

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

If you let erb show you the ruby code, via the -x switch, you will see

... _erbout.concat((# render :partial ...)); _erbout.concat "\n"

Note how the # hash comments the whole rest of the line out. This line and three others like it are the cause for "expecting ')'".

Searching for erb comment points to Best way to add comments in erb where we learn that you should replace <%=# ... %> with <%#= ... %>

SyntaxError in Campaign_groups#show

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