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turning numbers into ordinals

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   1  def ordinal(rank) 
   2    result = case rank 
   3      when 4..20: h(rank) + "th" 
   4      else 
   5      result = case (rank.modulo(10)) 
   6        when 1: h(rank) + "st" 
   7        when 2: h(rank) + "nd" 
   8        when 3: h(rank) + "rd" 
   9        else h(rank) + "th" 
  10      end 
  11    end 
  12    result 
  13  end

def ordinal(rank) 
  result = case rank 
    when 4..20: h(rank) + "th" 
    else 
    result = case (rank.modulo(10)) 
      when 1: h(rank) + "st" 
      when 2: h(rank) + "nd" 
      when 3: h(rank) + "rd" 
      else h(rank) + "th" 
    end 
  end 
  result 
end

created by leozera — 29 September 2008 — get a short url — tags: number ruby — embed

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