# Programming Ruby 3.2 (5th Edition): eslif typo (Control Structures)

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**Created:** [24 November 2022 16:01 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/programming-ruby-3-2-5th-edition-eslif-typo-control-structures/84348 "2022-11-24T16:01:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [24 November 2022 16:01 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/programming-ruby-3-2-5th-edition-eslif-typo-control-structures/84348/1 "2022-11-24T16:01:55Z")

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_“One thing you might find unusual is that in the second clause Ruby uses the keyword **eslif** —one word, missing an “e”—to indicate “else if”. Breaking that keyword up into else if would be a syntax error.”_

Excerpt From  
Programming Ruby, 3.2  
Noel Rappin, with Dave Thomas  
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**Post date:** [17 December 2022 14:30 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/programming-ruby-3-2-5th-edition-eslif-typo-control-structures/84348/2 "2022-12-17T14:30:57Z")

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Thanks, that’s been fixed!