I am by no means any expert and consider myself a newbie also but I am sure
that 

^D

actually means 

control D

Brandon


On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:38:54 -0800 (PST), bachcole <[email protected]>
wrote:
> 
> Dear Ruby on Rails Expert with Compassion for a Newbie,
> 
> (:->)
> 
> I just got started.  I tried:
> 
> At the Windows Command Prompt:
> ruby
> puts "Hello, world!"
> ^D
> 
> The response is: -:2: syntax error, unexpected '^', expecting $end
> 
> I am using Ruby 2.2  (ruby186-26.exe).  What can I do, besides pull
> out my hair?  This can be very discouraging for a complete novice.
> 
> Roger
> 
> -- 
--
Brandon Martin


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