JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh · warning

%q is not a number between 1 and %d

Error message

%q is not a number between 1 and %d

What it means

The interactive `Select` helper reads a line from the user and converts it to an index. If the input is not an integer or is outside the range 1..len(items), it rejects the input with this error, echoing the raw input and the valid upper bound.

Source

Thrown at src/cli/ui/select.go:58

	fmt.Fprintf(out, "\nEnter a number between 1 and %d, or press Enter to cancel: ", len(items))

	reader := bufio.NewReader(in)

	line, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
	if err != nil && line == "" {
		// EOF with nothing typed is the same intent as an empty line: the user, or the script,
		// declined to choose.
		return 0, ErrCancelled
	}

	line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
	if line == "" {
		return 0, ErrCancelled
	}

	choice, err := strconv.Atoi(line)
	if err != nil || choice < 1 || choice > len(items) {
		return 0, fmt.Errorf("%q is not a number between 1 and %d", line, len(items))
	}

	return choice - 1, nil
}

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Solutions

1. Enter a number between 1 and the number of listed options
2. Press Enter on an empty line to cancel (returns ErrCancelled) instead of typing invalid input
3. In scripts, pipe valid numeric input or avoid the interactive prompt entirely (e.g. use non-interactive flags)

n, err := strconv.Atoi(line)
if err != nil || n < 1 || n > len(items) {
    // reprompt the user before calling Select, or default to a valid choice
}

choice, err := ui.Select(question, items)
if err != nil {
    if errors.Is(err, ui.ErrCancelled) { return nil }
    // invalid choice: reprompt in a loop
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling Select and the user types a non-numeric string, an empty-but-nonempty-whitespace string, 0, a negative number, or a number greater than the number of items.

Common situations: User typos in an interactive picker (e.g. types '5' when 3 options exist, or 'one' instead of '1'); piping non-numeric input into a prompt-driven command in scripts/CI.

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AI-assisted analysis of JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh@0976794618 (2026-08-31). Data as JSON: /api/errors/0eb8ffef04187798. Report an issue: GitHub.