Method: Runt.ordinalize

Defined in:
lib/runt.rb

.ordinalize(number) ⇒ Object

Cut and pasted from activesupport-1.2.5/lib/inflector.rb



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# File 'lib/runt.rb', line 80

def ordinalize(number)
  if (number.to_i==-1)
  'last'
  elsif (number.to_i==-2)
  'second to last'  
  elsif (11..13).include?(number.to_i % 100)
  "#{number}th"
  else
  case number.to_i%10
    when 1 then "#{number}st"
    when 2 then "#{number}nd"
    when 3 then "#{number}rd"
    else    "#{number}th"
  end
  end
end