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ordinalize

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ordinalize(number) public

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"

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb, line 138
    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

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