[rules-users] Trouble with the MVEL Map syntax

I'm interested in using the http://mvel.codehaus.org/Inline+List,+Maps+and+Arrays compact syntax available for Maps in MVEL , but I can't quite get it right. I am attempting to write a simple function to convert English numbers (i.e. "one", "two", etc) to the integer value. This is how I would LIKE it to work: /function int englishToInt(String englishNumber) { return ["one":1, "two":2, "three":3, "four":4, "five":5].get(englishNumber.toLowerCase()); }/ The closest I've gotten to having it work is this: /function int englishToInt(String englishNumber) { Map m = ["one":1, "two":2, "three":3, "four":4, "five":5]; Object obj = m.get(englishNumber.toLowerCase()); if(obj != null) return Integer.parseInt(obj.toString()); }/ But I get this rather unhelpful error message: / Error importing : 'defaultpkg.EnglishToInt.englishToInt' [ function englishToIntenglishToInt (line:7): Syntax error on tokens, delete these tokens ]/ ... What tokens?? lol Thanks, Joe -- View this message in context: http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/Trouble-with-the-MVEL-Map-syntax-tp3844... Sent from the Drools: User forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com.