Method: String#pluralize
- Defined in:
- lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb
#pluralize(count = nil, locale = :en) ⇒ Object
Returns the plural form of the word in the string.
If the optional parameter count
is specified, the singular form will be returned if count == 1
. For any other value of count
the plural will be returned.
If the optional parameter locale
is specified, the word will be pluralized as a word of that language. By default, this parameter is set to :en
. You must define your own inflection rules for languages other than English.
'post'.pluralize # => "posts"
'octopus'.pluralize # => "octopi"
'sheep'.pluralize # => "sheep"
'words'.pluralize # => "words"
'the blue mailman'.pluralize # => "the blue mailmen"
'CamelOctopus'.pluralize # => "CamelOctopi"
'apple'.pluralize(1) # => "apple"
'apple'.pluralize(2) # => "apples"
'ley'.pluralize(:es) # => "leyes"
'ley'.pluralize(1, :es) # => "ley"
See ActiveSupport::Inflector.pluralize.
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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb', line 35 def pluralize(count = nil, locale = :en) locale = count if count.is_a?(Symbol) if count == 1 dup else ActiveSupport::Inflector.pluralize(self, locale) end end |