What's the difference between kEND and $end?

Question

I got this error:

syntax error, unexpected kEND, expecting $end

What's the difference between kEND and $end ?

Answer 1

In english this is stating:

syntax error, unexpected end of file, expecting an end keyword

I agree it's a fairly non-intuitive message.

So the difference is:

kEND = end of file

$end = end keyword

Answer 2

kEND is the end of your file $end is the end tag so, something like

if somethingIsTrue
    puts "its true!"
end

Usually when this happens, you forgot to close something with an end.