if statement - Ruby -- If Elsif Else Error -

i'm getting error here simple if else chain, , can't figure out going on. started learning ruby other day, know java, , trying re-write programs learn ruby faster. trying tally vowels , consonants. anyways here code...

#!/usr/bin/ruby/ alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'  array = alphabet.chars.to_a vowel = 0 cons = 0 puts array.at(1) in 0...26      if array.at(i) == "a"         vowel++        elsif array.at(i) == 'e'         vowel++         elsif array.at(i) == 'i'         vowel++     elsif array.at(i) == 'o'         vowel++     elsif array.at(i) == 'u'         vowel++     else         cons++     end#end if else chain end#end loop  puts 'vowel: ' + vowel.to_s puts 'consonants: ' + cons.to_s 

here error getting:

c:/users/kelan/documents/programming/ruby files/little programs/alphabet.rb:11: syntax error, unexpected keyword_elsif elsif array.at(i) == 'e' ^

c:/users/kelan/documents/programming/ruby files/little programs/alphabet.rb:13: syntax error, unexpected keyword_elsif elsif array.at(i) == 'i' ^

c:/users/kelan/documents/programming/ruby files/little programs/alphabet.rb:15: syntax error, unexpected keyword_elsif elsif array.at(i) == 'o' ^

c:/users/kelan/documents/programming/ruby files/little programs/alphabet.rb:17: syntax error, unexpected keyword_elsif elsif array.at(i) == 'u' ^

c:/users/kelan/documents/programming/ruby files/little programs/alphabet.rb:19: syntax error, unexpected keyword_else

c:/users/kelan/documents/programming/ruby files/little programs/alphabet.rb:21: syntax error, unexpected keyword_end

c:/users/kelan/documents/programming/ruby files/little programs/alphabet.rb:25: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting keyword_end puts 'consonants: ' + cons.to_s ^

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i'm sure it's silly, i've been looking forever online , have heard of great community, thought try here,

kelan

there no ++ operator in ruby. should have used += 1 may want learn case statement:

alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'  26.times |i|     case alphabet[i]         when 'a' vowel += 1         when 'e' vowel += 1         when 'i' vowel += 1         when 'o' vowel += 1         when 'u' vowel += 1         else cons += 1     end#end case end#end times  puts 'vowel: ' + vowel.to_s puts 'consonants: ' + cons.to_s 

or, better, use method count class string, this:

alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' vowels = 'aeiou' vowel_count = alphabet.count vowels cons_count = alphabet.length - vowel_count puts "vowels: #{vowel_count}" puts "consonants: #{cons_count}"