method

ordinalize

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ordinalize(number)

public

Ordinalize 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"

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector.rb, line 271
  def ordinalize(number)
    if (11..13).include?(number.to_i % 100)
      "#{number}th"
    else
      case number.to_i % 10
        when 1; "#{number}st"
        when 2; "#{number}nd"
        when 3; "#{number}rd"
        else    "#{number}th"
      end
    end
  end

ordinalize

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