Not sure why getting Syntax Errors - ruby-on-rails

Question

I'm following the online ruby on rails tutorial using an imac with OSx10.8 using rvm and ruby 1.8.7. When running bundle exec rspec spec/ I get these errors
/Users/hetzerbr/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p374/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:245:in `load': /Users/hetzerbr/sample_app/spec/models/user_spec.rb:88: syntax error, unexpected kEND, expecting $end (SyntaxError)
from /Users/hetzerbr/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p374/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:245:in `load'
from /Users/hetzerbr/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p374/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:236:in `load_dependency'
from /Users/hetzerbr/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p374/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:245:in `load'
from /Users/hetzerbr/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p374/gems/rspec-core-2.11.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:780:in `load_spec_files'
from /Users/hetzerbr/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p374/gems/rspec-core-2.11.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:780:in `map'
from /Users/hetzerbr/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p374/gems/rspec-core-2.11.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:780:in `load_spec_files'
from /Users/hetzerbr/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p374/gems/rspec-core-2.11.1/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:22:in `run'
from /Users/hetzerbr/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p374/gems/rspec-core-2.11.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:66:in `run'
from /Users/hetzerbr/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p374/gems/rspec-core-2.11.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:8:in `autorun'
from /Users/hetzerbr/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p374/bin/ruby_noexec_wrapper:14
My user_spec.rb file looks like this, I think the error might be that I placed an end somewhere that I should not have or I might be missing and end somewhere:
require 'spec_helper'
describe User do
before do
#user = User.new(:name => "Example User", :email => "user#example.com", :password => "foobar", :password_confirmation => "foobar")
end
subject { #user }
it { should respond_to(:name) }
it { should respond_to(:email) }
it { should respond_to(:password_digest) }
it { should respond_to(:password) }
it { should respond_to(:password_confirmation) }
it { should respond_to(:authenticate) }
it { should be_valid }
describe "when name is not present" do
before { #user.name = " " }
it { should_not be_valid }
describe "when email is not present" do
before { #user.email = " " }
it { should_not be_valid }
describe "when name is too long" do
before { #user.name = "a" * 51 }
it { should_not be_valid }
end
end
describe "when email address is already taken" do
before do
user_with_same_email = #user.dup
user_with_same_email.email = #user.email.upcase
user_with_same_email.save
end
it { should_not be_valid }
end
end
describe "when email format is invalid" do
it "should be invalid" do
addresses = %w[user#foo,com user_at_foo.org example.user#foo.
foo#bar_baz.com foo#bar+baz.com foo#bar..com]
addresses.each do |invalid_address|
#user.email = invalid_address
expect(#user).not_to be_valid
end
end
end
describe "when email format is valid" do
it "should be valid" do
addresses = %w[user#foo.COM A_US-ER#f.b.org frst.lst#foo.jp a+b#baz.cn]
addresses.each do |valid_address|
#user.email = valid_address
expect(#user).to be_valid
end
end
end
end
describe "email address with mixed case" do
let(:mixed_case_email) { "Foo#ExAMPle.CoM" }
it "should be saved as all lower-case" do
#user.email = mixed_case_email
#user.save
expect(#user.reload.email).to eq mixed_case_email.downcase
end
end
describe "when password is not present" do
before do
#user = User.new(:name => "Example User", :email => "user#example.com",
:password => " ", :password_confirmation => " ")
end
it { should_not be_valid }
end
describe "when password doesn't match confirmation" do
before { #user.password_confirmation = "mismatch" }
it { should_not be_valid }
end
end
describe "with a password that's too short" do
before { #user.password = #user.password_confirmation = "a" * 5 }
it { should be_invalid }
end
describe "return value of authenticate method" do
before { #user.save }
let(:found_user) { User.find_by(:email => #user.email) }
describe "with valid password" do
it { should eq found_user.authenticate(#user.password) }
end
describe "with invalid password" do
let(:user_for_invalid_password) { found_user.authenticate("invalid") }
it { should_not eq user_for_invalid_password }
specify { expect(user_for_invalid_password).to be_false }
end
end
end

Answer 1

Some of your describe blocks don't have an 'end'
describe "when name is not present" do
before { #user.name = " " }
it { should_not be_valid }
describe "when email is not present" do
before { #user.email = " " }
it { should_not be_valid }
describe "when name is too long" do
before { #user.name = "a" * 51 }
it { should_not be_valid }
end
should be..
describe "when name is not present" do
before { #user.name = " " }
it { should_not be_valid }
end
describe "when email is not present" do
before { #user.email = " " }
it { should_not be_valid }
end
describe "when name is too long" do
before { #user.name = "a" * 51 }
it { should_not be_valid }
end

Answer 2

It is a hash you must pass to the new() method while mass-assign , try it in {}
#user = User.new( { :name => "Example User", :email => "user#example.com", :password => "foobar", :password_confirmation => "foobar" } )
at your error line : syntax error, unexpected keyword_end, expecting $end (SyntaxError)
kEND means end of file but $end means end keyword, you must close your describe do body of codes each by one end