25 September 2012

In Rails, if I

` VALID_LIST = %w(foo bar) validates_inclusion_of :thing, :in => VALID_LIST, :message => “%{value} is not a valid %{attribute} for a %{model}”, :allow_blank => true `

Now when I set :thing to baz, My error message will say “baz is not a valid thing for (model name)”

I love doing this but I often forget how or what the interpolation arguments can be (value, attribute, or model).

And Yes, I know that I can also use

` validate :thing, :inclusion => {:in => VALID_LIST} `

but I thought this might be easier to search for.

Also, I’ll note that I had to use the class constant VALID_LIST because ‘:in’ doesn’t accept a Proc / lambda like :if or :unless do, see validates_inclusion_of in the api_doc