feat: add initial plot/vega/base/transform-validation-message implementation

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Author: kgryte

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/plot/vega/base/transform-validation-message/lib/index.js

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+/**
+* @license Apache-2.0
+*
+* Copyright (c) 2025 The Stdlib Authors.
+*
+* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+* You may obtain a copy of the License at
+*
+*    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+*
+* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+* limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+* Transform an "assignment" error message to an "option validation" error message.
+*
+* @module @stdlib/plot/vega/base/transform-validation-message
+*
+* @example
+* var transformErrorMessage = require( '@stdlib/plot/vega/base/transform-validation-message' );
+*
+* // TODO: example
+*/
+
+// MODULES //
+
+var main = require( './main.js' );
+
+
+// EXPORTS //
+
+module.exports = main;

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/plot/vega/base/transform-validation-message/lib/main.js

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+/**
+* @license Apache-2.0
+*
+* Copyright (c) 2025 The Stdlib Authors.
+*
+* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+* You may obtain a copy of the License at
+*
+*    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+*
+* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+* limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+'use strict';
+
+// MODULES //
+
+var replace = require( '@stdlib/string/base/replace' );
+
+
+// MAIN //
+
+/**
+* Transforms an "assignment" error message to an "option validation" error message.
+*
+* @param {string} msg - error message
+* @returns {string} transformed message
+*/
+function transformErrorMessage( msg ) {
+	var m = replace( msg, /invalid assignment\. `([^ ]+)`/, 'invalid option. `$1` option' );
+	return replace( m, /\. Value:/, '. Option:' );
+}
+
+
+// EXPORTS //
+
+module.exports = transformErrorMessage;

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/plot/vega/base/transform-validation-message/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "@stdlib/plot/vega/base/transform-validation-message",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "description": "Transform an assignment error message to an option validation error message.",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "The Stdlib Authors",
+    "url": "https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/graphs/contributors"
+  },
+  "contributors": [
+    {
+      "name": "The Stdlib Authors",
+      "url": "https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/graphs/contributors"
+    }
+  ],
+  "main": "./lib",
+  "directories": {
+    "lib": "./lib"
+  },
+  "types": "./docs/types",
+  "scripts": {},
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib.git"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/issues"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {},
+  "devDependencies": {},
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=0.10.0",
+    "npm": ">2.7.0"
+  },
+  "os": [
+    "aix",
+    "darwin",
+    "freebsd",
+    "linux",
+    "macos",
+    "openbsd",
+    "sunos",
+    "win32",
+    "windows"
+  ],
+  "keywords": [
+    "stdlib",
+    "plot",
+    "vega",
+    "utilities",
+    "utility",
+    "utils",
+    "util"
+  ],
+  "__stdlib__": {}
+}