2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/chapter05/src/main/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/Parser.java b/chapter05/src/main/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/Parser.java
index 7ea74306..a66ee278 100644
--- a/chapter05/src/main/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/Parser.java
+++ b/chapter05/src/main/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/Parser.java
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ public class Parser {
 
         private String parsePunctuation() {
             int start = _position;
-            return new String(_input, start, start+1);
+            return new String(_input, start, 1);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/chapter05/src/test/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/Chapter05Test.java b/chapter05/src/test/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/Chapter05Test.java
index 32ac5aac..2ad7e59a 100644
--- a/chapter05/src/test/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/Chapter05Test.java
+++ b/chapter05/src/test/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/Chapter05Test.java
@@ -115,7 +115,16 @@ return c;
             assertEquals("Expected an identifier, found 'else'",e.getMessage());
         }
     }
-      
+
+    @Test
+        public void testChapter5Keyword3() {
+        try { 
+            new Parser("int a=1; ififif(arg)inta=2;return a;").parse();
+            fail();
+        } catch( RuntimeException e ) {
+            assertEquals("Syntax error, expected =: (",e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
     @Test
     public void testChapter4Peephole() {
         Parser parser = new Parser("return 1+arg+2; #showGraph;");