@qit.tools/ordinal-format

Ordinal Number Formatter

This library provides a simple utility to format numbers as ordinal strings, supporting different locales and custom suffixes based on Intl.PluralRules().

📦 Installation

🎉 NPM

npm i @qit.tools/ordinal-format

🌟 PNPM

pnpm add @qit.tools/ordinal-format

🧶 Yarn

yarn add @qit.tools/ordinal-format

🎓 How to use

Importing the Class

import { OrdinalFormat } from "@qit.tools/ordinal-format";

Basic Usage

const ordinal = new OrdinalFormat();
console.log(ordinal.format(1)); // '1st'
console.log(ordinal.format(2)); // '2nd'
console.log(ordinal.format(3)); // '3rd'

Custom Locale and Suffixes

const frSuffixes = [
  ["one", "er"],
  ["other", "e"]
];

const ordinal = new OrdinalFormat({ locale: "fr-FR", suffixes: frSuffixes });
console.log(ordinal.format(1)); // '1er'
console.log(ordinal.format(2)); // '2e'
console.log(ordinal.format(3)); // '3e'

Plural Locale and Suffixes

const pluralSuffixes = [
  ["one", " cat"],
  ["other", " cats"]
];

const ordinal = new OrdinalFormat({ locale: "en-US", suffixes: pluralSuffixes });
console.log(ordinal.format(1)); // '1 car'
console.log(ordinal.format(2)); // '2 cats'
console.log(ordinal.format(3)); // '3 cats'

📝 Class and Method

OrdinalFormat

A class to format numbers as ordinal strings.

Constructor

constructor(options?: Options)

• options (Options, optional): An optional object to specify the locale and custom suffixes.

Method

formatOrdinal

Formats a number as an ordinal string.

formatOrdinal(num: number): string

• num (number): The number to be formatted as an ordinal.

Options

type Options = {
  locale?: string;
  suffixes?: [string, string][];
};

• locale (optional): The locale code (e.g., "en-US", "fr-FR") that determines the language rules for ordinal formatting. Defaults to "en-US".
• suffixes (optional): An array of tuples, where each tuple consists of a plural rule category (e.g., "one", "two", "few", "other") and its corresponding ordinal suffix.

License

MIT

Contributions

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request on GitHub.

Author

Developed by Qit.tools.

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Feel free to explore the source code and contribute to this library on GitHub.