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source: https://cli.eloqnt.dev/docs/lint-rules/missing-other-case
docs_index: https://cli.eloqnt.dev/llms.txt
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# missing-other-case

Flags a plural, selectordinal, or select block that has no `other` case.

## Why this is bad

ICU falls back to `other` for any value the sibling cases don't match, so a block without one throws when the message is formatted. A message covering only `one` and `few` may format fine in testing and fails on the first count outside them.

## Examples

Examples of **incorrect** code for this rule:

```json title="messages/en.json"
{
  "messages": "{count, plural, one {1 new message} few {# new messages}}"
}
```

Examples of **correct** code for this rule:

```json title="messages/en.json"
{
  "messages": "{count, plural, one {1 new message} other {# new messages}}"
}
```

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For an index of every eloqnt/cli documentation page, see [https://cli.eloqnt.dev/llms.txt](https://cli.eloqnt.dev/llms.txt).