instance method `ordinal`

Ruby on Rails 4.2.9

Since v4.0.13

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ordinal()

Ordinal returns the suffix used to denote the position in an ordered sequence such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.

1.ordinal     # => "st"
2.ordinal     # => "nd"
1002.ordinal  # => "nd"
1003.ordinal  # => "rd"
-11.ordinal   # => "th"
-1001.ordinal # => "st"

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/integer/inflections.rb, line 26
  def ordinal
    ActiveSupport::Inflector.ordinal(self)
  end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/integer/inflections.rb line 26 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in Integer

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