gettext problem with validation message.

Question

I have a validation message

self.errors.add_to_base(_("country cannot be deleted #{self.country_name}")) 

this is not working.

But simple messages like

self.errors.add_to_base(_("country cannot be deleted"))

working fine.

I am converting this messages to spanish.

Any idea or solution?

Answer 1

I believe you need to use a parameter in the call to gettext and then interpolate that with the value you want to pass in. E.g.

self.errors.add_to_base(_("country cannot be deleted %{country}") % { :country => self.country_name})

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