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#57567 - 07/10/20 04:36 PM function to translate Cardinal numbers
Sami786 OL Expert Registered: 01/29/14 Posts: 400 Loc: Home	Hi, is there a function already to convert English and French days of month to Cardinal format like 01 = 1st, 02 = 2nd and 03 = 3rd ......? else I have to use lots of if statements to convert to Cardinals. your help is appreciated Edited by Sami786 (07/10/20 04:38 PM) _________________________ Peace
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#57568 - 07/13/20 01:42 PM

Re: function to translate Cardinal numbers [Re: Sami786]

Philippe F. Offline

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Registered: 09/06/00
Posts: 1984
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The following code should do it:

Code:

function @Cardinal( &day: integer, &lang: string): string
  &lang := lowercase(&lang)
  if(&lang = 'fr')
    &result := if(&day=1,'er','ème')
  else()
    if((&day=1) or (&day=21) or (&day=31))
      &result := 'st'
    elseif((&day=2) or (&day=22))
      &result := 'nd'
    elseif((&day=3) or (&day=23))
      &result := 'rd'
    else()
      &result := 'th'
    endif()
  endif()
  &result := inttostr(&day)+&result
endfunction()

Examples:

Code:

@cardinal(22,"en")  % returns "22nd"
@cardinal(22,"fr")  % returns "22ème"
@cardinal(11,"en")  % returns "11th"
@cardinal(11,"fr")  % returns "11ème"
@cardinal(1,"en")   % returns "1st"
@cardinal(1,"fr")   % returns "1er"

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#57570 - 07/14/20 03:33 PM Re: function to translate Cardinal numbers [Re: Sami786]
Sami786 OL Expert Registered: 01/29/14 Posts: 400 Loc: Home	Great, thank you for saving my time and perfect solution _________________________ Peace
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