Add 'did you mean' error (#305)

crates/nu-protocol/src/shell_error.rs

@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ pub enum ShellError {
 
     #[error("Plugin error")]
     PluginError(String),
+
+    #[error("Name not found")]
+    #[diagnostic(code(nu::shell::name_not_found), url(docsrs))]
+    DidYouMean(String, #[label("did you mean '{0}'?")] Span),
 }
 
 impl From<std::io::Error> for ShellError {
@@ -201,3 +205,82 @@ impl From<Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> for ShellError {
         ShellError::InternalError(format!("{:?}", input))
     }
 }
+
+pub fn did_you_mean(possibilities: &[String], tried: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let mut possible_matches: Vec<_> = possibilities
+        .iter()
+        .map(|word| {
+            let edit_distance = levenshtein_distance(word, tried);
+            (edit_distance, word.to_owned())
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    possible_matches.sort();
+
+    if let Some((_, first)) = possible_matches.into_iter().next() {
+        Some(first)
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+// Borrowed from here https://github.com/wooorm/levenshtein-rs
+pub fn levenshtein_distance(a: &str, b: &str) -> usize {
+    let mut result = 0;
+
+    /* Shortcut optimizations / degenerate cases. */
+    if a == b {
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    let length_a = a.chars().count();
+    let length_b = b.chars().count();
+
+    if length_a == 0 {
+        return length_b;
+    }
+
+    if length_b == 0 {
+        return length_a;
+    }
+
+    /* Initialize the vector.
+     *
+     * This is why it’s fast, normally a matrix is used,
+     * here we use a single vector. */
+    let mut cache: Vec<usize> = (1..).take(length_a).collect();
+    let mut distance_a;
+    let mut distance_b;
+
+    /* Loop. */
+    for (index_b, code_b) in b.chars().enumerate() {
+        result = index_b;
+        distance_a = index_b;
+
+        for (index_a, code_a) in a.chars().enumerate() {
+            distance_b = if code_a == code_b {
+                distance_a
+            } else {
+                distance_a + 1
+            };
+
+            distance_a = cache[index_a];
+
+            result = if distance_a > result {
+                if distance_b > result {
+                    result + 1
+                } else {
+                    distance_b
+                }
+            } else if distance_b > distance_a {
+                distance_a + 1
+            } else {
+                distance_b
+            };
+
+            cache[index_a] = result;
+        }
+    }
+
+    result
+}

crates/nu-protocol/src/value/mod.rs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::{cmp::Ordering, fmt::Debug};
 
 use crate::ast::{CellPath, PathMember};
-use crate::{span, BlockId, Span, Spanned, Type};
+use crate::{did_you_mean, span, BlockId, Span, Spanned, Type};
 
 use crate::ShellError;
 
@@ -269,17 +269,16 @@ impl Value {
                     span: origin_span,
                 } => match &mut current {
                     Value::Record { cols, vals, span } => {
+                        let cols = cols.clone();
                         let span = *span;
-                        let mut found = false;
-                        for col in cols.iter().zip(vals.iter()) {
-                            if col.0 == column_name {
-                                current = col.1.clone();
-                                found = true;
-                                break;
-                            }
-                        }
 
-                        if !found {
+                        if let Some(found) =
+                            cols.iter().zip(vals.iter()).find(|x| x.0 == column_name)
+                        {
+                            current = found.1.clone();
+                        } else if let Some(suggestion) = did_you_mean(&cols, column_name) {
+                            return Err(ShellError::DidYouMean(suggestion, *origin_span));
+                        } else {
                             return Err(ShellError::CantFindColumn(*origin_span, span));
                         }
                     }

src/tests.rs

@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ fn earlier_errors() -> TestResult {
 fn missing_column_error() -> TestResult {
     fail_test(
         r#"([([[name, size]; [ABC, 10], [DEF, 20]]).1, ([[name]; [HIJ]]).0]).size | table"#,
-        "cannot find column",
+        "did you mean 'name'?",
     )
 }
 
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ fn shorthand_env_3() -> TestResult {
 
 #[test]
 fn shorthand_env_4() -> TestResult {
-    fail_test(r#"FOO=BAZ FOO= $nu.env.FOO"#, "cannot find column")
+    fail_test(r#"FOO=BAZ FOO= $nu.env.FOO"#, "did you mean")
 }
 
 #[test]