# Slight typo in compiler

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/slight-typo-in-compiler/36111>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 19, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/slight-typo-in-compiler/36111 "2017-09-19T14:31:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![mprogers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/mprogers/32/18458_2.png) [@mprogers](https://community.particle.io/u/mprogers)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/slight-typo-in-compiler/36111/1 "2017-09-19T14:31:34Z")

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There’s a slight typo in a compiler message – it says “In Particle.variable, name must be less than 12 characters”, but the error is only raised when the name is at least 13 (i.e., 12 is OK). So the message should read something like “less than or equal to 12”.

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**Author:** ![nrobinson2000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/nrobinson2000/32/15624_2.png) [@nrobinson2000](https://community.particle.io/u/nrobinson2000)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/slight-typo-in-compiler/36111/2 "2017-09-19T18:38:40Z")

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Or “must not be greater than 12”