Ordinalize turns a number into an ordinal string used to denote the position in an ordered sequence such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.
1.ordinalize # => "1st" 2.ordinalize # => "2nd" 1002.ordinalize # => "1002nd" 1003.ordinalize # => "1003rd"
# File lib/merb-helpers/date_time_formatting.rb, line 116 def ordinalize if (11..13).include?(self % 100) "#{self}th" else case self % 10 when 1; "#{self}st" when 2; "#{self}nd" when 3; "#{self}rd" else "#{self}th" end end end
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