ruby/did_you_mean

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A Ruby gem that enhances error messages by suggesting corrections for misspelled method, variable, class, and key names in NameError, NoMethodError, KeyError, and similar exceptions. It ships bundled with Ruby 2.3+ and also exposes a reusable SpellChecker for programmatic spelling correction.

Use cases

• suggest correct method names when a NoMethodError occurs
• fix misspelled class or variable names in NameError messages
• suggest similar hash keys on KeyError
• programmatically find closest matches to user input with a spell checker
• disable suggestions when debugging error objects

When to choose

• you want friendlier Ruby error messages with 'Did you mean?' suggestions
• you need a small spell-correction utility inside a Ruby program
• you are building tooling that surfaces likely intended identifiers

When to avoid

• you are not working in Ruby
• you need general-purpose natural language spell checking rather than identifier correction
• you need suggestions in production error reporting where overhead must be minimized

Facets

library · maturity stable

error-handling developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages ruby cross-platform spell-check typos error-messages nameerror debugging

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