Using Faker Gem to Seed Data - ruby-on-rails

Question

I'm attempting to seed my database using the Faker gem, but am getting some error messages and can't see where I'm going wrong. My seeds.rb is:
10.times do
List.create! (
name: Faker::Company.buzzword,
shared_with: Faker::Internet.email,
user_id: 3
)
end
50.times do
Item.create! (
name: Faker::Company.bs,
list_id: Faker::Number.between(1, 10),
delegated_to: Faker::Internet.email,
user_id: 3
)
end
puts "Seed finished"
puts "#{List.count} lists created"
puts "#{Item.count} items created"
And the error messages are:
rake aborted!
SyntaxError: /Users/.../db/seeds.rb:3: syntax error, unexpected tLABEL
name: Faker::Company.buzzword,
^
/Users/.../db/seeds.rb:4: syntax error, unexpected tLABEL, expecting '='
shared_with: Faker::Internet.email,
^
/Users/.../db/seeds.rb:5: syntax error, unexpected tLABEL, expecting '='
user_id: 3
^
/Users/.../db/seeds.rb:11: syntax error, unexpected tLABEL
name: Faker::Company.bs,
^
/Users/.../db/seeds.rb:12: syntax error, unexpected tLABEL, expecting '='
list_id: Faker::Number.between(1, 10),
^
/Users/.../db/seeds.rb:12: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting keyword_end
/Users/.../db/seeds.rb:14: syntax error, unexpected tLABEL, expecting '='
user_id: 3
^
/Users/.../db/seeds.rb:20: syntax error, unexpected end-of-input, expecting keyword_end
Can anyone clue me in to where I'm going wrong?

Answer 1

In Ruby you should never put whitespace between a method name and the opening parenthesis.
# Syntax error
List.create! (
# Correct
List.create!(
So to expand, your code should look like:
10.times do
List.create!(
name: Faker::Company.buzzword,
shared_with: Faker::Internet.email,
user_id: 3
)
end