instance method `ordinalize`

Ruby on Rails 3.1.12

Since v2.2.3

Available in: v2.2.3 v2.3.18 v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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ordinalize(number)

Turns a number into an ordinal string used to denote the position in an ordered sequence such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.

Examples:

ordinalize(1)     # => "1st"
ordinalize(2)     # => "2nd"
ordinalize(1002)  # => "1002nd"
ordinalize(1003)  # => "1003rd"
ordinalize(-11)   # => "-11th"
ordinalize(-1021) # => "-1021st"

Parameters

number req

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb, line 140
    def ordinalize(number)
      if (11..13).include?(number.to_i.abs % 100)
        "#{number}th"
      else
        case number.to_i.abs % 10
          when 1; "#{number}st"
          when 2; "#{number}nd"
          when 3; "#{number}rd"
          else    "#{number}th"
        end
      end
    end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb line 140 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveSupport::Inflector

Signature

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