Fix your broken code in 10 minutes without pulling your hair out
Beginner
10 min
English
Learn how to paste an error message and your code into AI to find and fix the bug fast.
Steps
- Open a free AI chat tool like ChatGPT (chat.openai.com) or Claude (claude.ai) and log in.
- Find the exact error message on your screen and copy it.
- Copy the part of your code where you think the problem is happening.
- Use the prompt template below, replacing the words in curly braces with your language, code, and error message.
- Press Enter to send your message to the AI.
- Read the AI's simple explanation of what went wrong.
- Copy the corrected code the AI gives you and paste it back into your own code editor to replace the broken part.
- If it still does not work, reply to the AI with the new error message and ask it to try another solution.
Prompts to Use
I am a beginner learning to code. I wrote some code in {programming_language} and I am getting an error. Here is my code: {my_code}. Here is the error message I see: {error_message}. Please explain in simple terms why this error is happening and give me the corrected code.
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