I can't figure out this lua error ("= expected") - possibly middleclass?

[harrison]

I made a mistake with my lua coding while I was updating my program and now it won't launch anymore for some reason.

When I try to launch the program, it throws this error:

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Error
Syntax error: main.lua:1: '=' expected
Traceback
[C]: at 0x7ffe06762f00
[C]: in function 'require'
[C]: in function 'xpcall'
[C]: in function 'xpcall'

Here is the error in the love console:

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Error: Syntax error: main.lua:1: '=' expected

stack traceback:
        [string "boot.lua"]:637: in function <[string "boot.lua"]:633>
        [C]: at 0x7ffe06762f00
        [C]: in function 'require'
        [string "boot.lua"]:475: in function <[string "boot.lua"]:311>
        [C]: in function 'xpcall'
        [string "boot.lua"]:645: in function <[string "boot.lua"]:639>
        [C]: in function 'xpcall'

Here is my code (not including middleclass library):

main.lua

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local class = require "middleclass"
require "bouncyBall"

function love.load()
	math.randomseed(os.time())
	local bounceSoundEffect = love.audio.newSource("bounceSoundEffect.wav", "static")
	balls = {}
	for i=1, 2000 do
		local radius = math.random(5, 20)
		local xPosition = math.random(radius, love.graphics.getWidth() - radius)
		local yPosition = math.random(radius, love.graphics.getHeight() - radius)
		local color = {math.random(), math.random(), math.random()}
		local xVelocity = math.random(-50, 50)
		local yVelocity = math.random(-50, 50)
		print(color[1], color[2], color[3])
		balls[#balls+1] = bouncyBall:new(xPosition, yPosition, radius, xVelocity, yVelocity, color, bounceSoundEffect:clone())
	end
end

function love.draw()
	for index, value in ipairs(balls) do
		value:draw()
	end
end

function love.update()
	for i=1, #balls do
		balls[i]:update()
	end
end

bouncyBall.lua

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local class = require "middleclass"
bouncyBall = class("bouncyBall")

function bouncyBall:initialize(xPosition, yPosition, radius, xVelocity, yVelocity, color, bounceSoundEffect)
	self.position = {xPosition,yPosition}
	self.radius = radius
	self.velocity = {xVelocity, yVelocity}
	self.color = color
	self.bounceSoundEffect = bounceSoundEffect
end
	
function bouncyBall:draw()
	love.graphics.setColor(self.color[1], self.color[2], self.color[3])
	if math.random(0,1) == 1 then 
		love.graphics.circle("fill", self.position[1], self.position[2], self.radius)
	else
		love.graphics.rectangle("fill", self.position[1]-self.radius, self.position[2]-self.radius, self.radius*2, self.radius*2)
	end
end

function bouncyBall:update()
	self:calculateCollisions()
	self:move()
end

function bouncyBall:calculateCollisions()
	local collision = false
	if(self.position[1] + self.radius >= love.graphics.getWidth() or self.position[1] - self.radius <= 0) then
		self.velocity[1] = -self.velocity[1]
		collision = true
	end
	
	if(self.position[2] + self.radius >= love.graphics.getHeight() or self.position[2] - self.radius <= 0) then
		self.velocity[2] = -self.velocity[2]
		collision = true
	end
	
	if collision then
		self:bounceSound()
	end
end

function bouncyBall:move()
	self.position[1] = self.position[1] + self.velocity[1]
	self.position[2] = self.position[2] + self.velocity[2]
end

function bouncyBall:bounceSound()
	self.bounceSoundEffect:play()
end

The code fails before the program launches, otherwise I would try print() debugging. There should only be one bug, but I can't find it. I tried deleting massive portions of my code to narrow down the location of the bug, but was never able to get it to go away (or even change lines) for some reason. I think the bug might be related to me misusing middleclass somehow, which would explain why the console error message doesn't help at all.

Does anybody have any idea what is wrong with my code?
In the future, is there any debugging tool/techniques I should use to find bugs like these?

.love file

sampleProgram.love

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Also, critique of my code is welcome - I am trying to improve the neatness of my code, so if you see any bad coding style please let me know.

[DanielPower]

What text editor are you using? When I tried to open main.lua, here's how it appeared in both Atom and micro.


The other files appear normal. Only main.lua is like this. If I replace main.lua with the text you included in your post, it just works. I think your main.lua file got corrupted somehow. The code is fine.

[harrison]

Thank you so much, I re-made the file and it works now
The file must have gotten corrupted but the corruption didn't show up in notepad++ or even notepad somehow.
I am currently using Notepad++ as my editor. What program do you use?

[zorg]

Thank you so much, I re-made the file and it works now
The file must have gotten corrupted but the corruption didn't show up in notepad++ or even notepad somehow.
I am currently using Notepad++ as my editor. What program do you use?

He uses either Atom, micro, or both, as he said.
Also, most code editors allow you to set an encoding for the file to use, and to save it with; i know Np++ supports a literal ton of them; be sure to save the file with UTF-8 (without a Byte-Order Mark (BOM))

[harrison]

whoops, I missed that in my excitement. Thanks for the help guys.