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RecommendationFinder

Source code in src/robot/utils/recommendations.py
class RecommendationFinder:

    def __init__(self, normalizer=None):
        self.normalizer = normalizer or (lambda x: x)

    def find_and_format(self, name, candidates, message, max_matches=10,
                        check_missing_argument_separator=False):
        recommendations = self.find(name, candidates, max_matches)
        if recommendations:
            return self.format(message, recommendations)
        if check_missing_argument_separator and name:
            recommendation = self._check_missing_argument_separator(name, candidates)
            if recommendation:
                return f'{message} {recommendation}'
        return message

    def find(self, name, candidates, max_matches=10):
        """Return a list of close matches to `name` from `candidates`."""
        if not name or not candidates:
            return []
        norm_name = self.normalizer(name)
        norm_candidates = self._get_normalized_candidates(candidates)
        cutoff = self._calculate_cutoff(norm_name)
        norm_matches = difflib.get_close_matches(
            norm_name, norm_candidates, n=max_matches, cutoff=cutoff
        )
        return self._get_original_candidates(norm_matches, norm_candidates)

    def format(self, message, recommendations):
        """Add recommendations to the given message.

        The recommendation string looks like::

            <message> Did you mean:
                <recommendations[0]>
                <recommendations[1]>
                <recommendations[2]>
        """
        if recommendations:
            message += " Did you mean:"
            for rec in recommendations:
                message += "\n    %s" % rec
        return message

    def _get_normalized_candidates(self, candidates):
        norm_candidates = {}
        for cand in sorted(candidates):
            norm = self.normalizer(cand)
            norm_candidates.setdefault(norm, []).append(cand)
        return norm_candidates

    def _get_original_candidates(self, norm_matches, norm_candidates):
        candidates = []
        for match in norm_matches:
            candidates.extend(norm_candidates[match])
        return candidates

    def _calculate_cutoff(self, string, min_cutoff=0.5, max_cutoff=0.85, step=0.03):
        """Calculate a cutoff depending on string length.

        Default values determined by manual tuning until the results "look right".
        """
        cutoff = min_cutoff + len(string) * step
        return min(cutoff, max_cutoff)

    def _check_missing_argument_separator(self, name, candidates):
        name = self.normalizer(name)
        candidates = self._get_normalized_candidates(candidates)
        matches = [c for c in candidates if name.startswith(c)]
        if not matches:
            return None
        candidates = self._get_original_candidates(matches, candidates)
        return (f"Did you try using keyword {seq2str(candidates, lastsep=' or ')} "
                f"and forgot to use enough whitespace between keyword and arguments?")

find(name, candidates, max_matches=10)

Return a list of close matches to name from candidates.

Source code in src/robot/utils/recommendations.py
def find(self, name, candidates, max_matches=10):
    """Return a list of close matches to `name` from `candidates`."""
    if not name or not candidates:
        return []
    norm_name = self.normalizer(name)
    norm_candidates = self._get_normalized_candidates(candidates)
    cutoff = self._calculate_cutoff(norm_name)
    norm_matches = difflib.get_close_matches(
        norm_name, norm_candidates, n=max_matches, cutoff=cutoff
    )
    return self._get_original_candidates(norm_matches, norm_candidates)

format(message, recommendations)

Add recommendations to the given message.

The recommendation string looks like::

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<message> Did you mean:
    <recommendations[0]>
    <recommendations[1]>
    <recommendations[2]>
Source code in src/robot/utils/recommendations.py
def format(self, message, recommendations):
    """Add recommendations to the given message.

    The recommendation string looks like::

        <message> Did you mean:
            <recommendations[0]>
            <recommendations[1]>
            <recommendations[2]>
    """
    if recommendations:
        message += " Did you mean:"
        for rec in recommendations:
            message += "\n    %s" % rec
    return message