a newbie question about setting value for {{var}}

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I study RailSpace code and the line code in the book

  @error_messages = ActiveRecord::Errors.default_error_messages

has been deprecated. Instead the following is recommended

  @error_messages = I18n.translate('activerecord.errors.messages')

But the line correct_error_message = sprintf(@error_messages[:too_short],                                  :count=>min_length)

does not assign the value min_length to {{count}} part of @error_messages[:too_short] "is too short (minimum is {{count}} characters)" .

I do not know how to set the min_length value to {{count}} in error_messages[:too_short].

Thanks.

Tim