Is there an easy way in .NET to get "st", "nd", "rd" and "th" endings for numbers?
.NetFormattingDateOrdinals.Net Problem Overview
I am wondering if there is a method or format string I'm missing in .NET to convert the following:
1 to 1st
2 to 2nd
3 to 3rd
4 to 4th
11 to 11th
101 to 101st
111 to 111th
This link has a bad example of the basic principle involved in writing your own function, but I am more curious if there is an inbuilt capacity I'm missing.
Solution
Scott Hanselman's answer is the accepted one because it answers the question directly.
For a solution however, see this great answer.
.Net Solutions
Solution 1 - .Net
It's a function which is a lot simpler than you think. Though there might be a .NET function already in existence for this, the following function (written in PHP) does the job. It shouldn't be too hard to port it over.
function ordinal($num) {
$ones = $num % 10;
$tens = floor($num / 10) % 10;
if ($tens == 1) {
$suff = "th";
} else {
switch ($ones) {
case 1 : $suff = "st"; break;
case 2 : $suff = "nd"; break;
case 3 : $suff = "rd"; break;
default : $suff = "th";
}
}
return $num . $suff;
}
Solution 2 - .Net
Simple, clean, quick
private static string GetOrdinalSuffix(int num)
{
string number = num.ToString();
if (number.EndsWith("11")) return "th";
if (number.EndsWith("12")) return "th";
if (number.EndsWith("13")) return "th";
if (number.EndsWith("1")) return "st";
if (number.EndsWith("2")) return "nd";
if (number.EndsWith("3")) return "rd";
return "th";
}
Or better yet, as an extension method
public static class IntegerExtensions
{
public static string DisplayWithSuffix(this int num)
{
string number = num.ToString();
if (number.EndsWith("11")) return number + "th";
if (number.EndsWith("12")) return number + "th";
if (number.EndsWith("13")) return number + "th";
if (number.EndsWith("1")) return number + "st";
if (number.EndsWith("2")) return number + "nd";
if (number.EndsWith("3")) return number + "rd";
return number + "th";
}
}
Now you can just call
int a = 1;
a.DisplayWithSuffix();
or even as direct as
1.DisplayWithSuffix();
Solution 3 - .Net
No, there is no inbuilt capability in the .NET Base Class Library.
Solution 4 - .Net
@nickf: Here is the PHP function in C#:
public static string Ordinal(int number)
{
string suffix = String.Empty;
int ones = number % 10;
int tens = (int)Math.Floor(number / 10M) % 10;
if (tens == 1)
{
suffix = "th";
}
else
{
switch (ones)
{
case 1:
suffix = "st";
break;
case 2:
suffix = "nd";
break;
case 3:
suffix = "rd";
break;
default:
suffix = "th";
break;
}
}
return String.Format("{0}{1}", number, suffix);
}
Solution 5 - .Net
This has already been covered but I'm unsure how to link to it. Here is the code snippit:
public static string Ordinal(this int number)
{
var ones = number % 10;
var tens = Math.Floor (number / 10f) % 10;
if (tens == 1)
{
return number + "th";
}
switch (ones)
{
case 1: return number + "st";
case 2: return number + "nd";
case 3: return number + "rd";
default: return number + "th";
}
}
FYI: This is as an extension method. If your .NET version is less than 3.5 just remove the this keyword
[EDIT]: Thanks for pointing that it was incorrect, that's what you get for copy / pasting code :)
Solution 6 - .Net
Here's a Microsoft SQL Server Function version:
CREATE FUNCTION [Internal].[GetNumberAsOrdinalString]
(
@num int
)
RETURNS nvarchar(max)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @Suffix nvarchar(2);
DECLARE @Ones int;
DECLARE @Tens int;
SET @Ones = @num % 10;
SET @Tens = FLOOR(@num / 10) % 10;
IF @Tens = 1
BEGIN
SET @Suffix = 'th';
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @Suffix =
CASE @Ones
WHEN 1 THEN 'st'
WHEN 2 THEN 'nd'
WHEN 3 THEN 'rd'
ELSE 'th'
END
END
RETURN CONVERT(nvarchar(max), @num) + @Suffix;
END
Solution 7 - .Net
I know this isn't an answer to the OP's question, but because I found it useful to lift the SQL Server function from this thread, here is a Delphi (Pascal) equivalent:
function OrdinalNumberSuffix(const ANumber: integer): string;
begin
Result := IntToStr(ANumber);
if(((Abs(ANumber) div 10) mod 10) = 1) then // Tens = 1
Result := Result + 'th'
else
case(Abs(ANumber) mod 10) of
1: Result := Result + 'st';
2: Result := Result + 'nd';
3: Result := Result + 'rd';
else
Result := Result + 'th';
end;
end;
Does ..., -1st, 0th make sense?
Solution 8 - .Net
Another flavor:
/// <summary>
/// Extension methods for numbers
/// </summary>
public static class NumericExtensions
{
/// <summary>
/// Adds the ordinal indicator to an integer
/// </summary>
/// <param name="number">The number</param>
/// <returns>The formatted number</returns>
public static string ToOrdinalString(this int number)
{
// Numbers in the teens always end with "th"
if((number % 100 > 10 && number % 100 < 20))
return number + "th";
else
{
// Check remainder
switch(number % 10)
{
case 1:
return number + "st";
case 2:
return number + "nd";
case 3:
return number + "rd";
default:
return number + "th";
}
}
}
}
Solution 9 - .Net
public static string OrdinalSuffix(int ordinal)
{
//Because negatives won't work with modular division as expected:
var abs = Math.Abs(ordinal);
var lastdigit = abs % 10;
return
//Catch 60% of cases (to infinity) in the first conditional:
lastdigit > 3 || lastdigit == 0 || (abs % 100) - lastdigit == 10 ? "th"
: lastdigit == 1 ? "st"
: lastdigit == 2 ? "nd"
: "rd";
}
Solution 10 - .Net
else if (choice=='q')
{
qtr++;
switch (qtr)
{
case(2): strcpy(qtrs,"nd");break;
case(3):
{
strcpy(qtrs,"rd");
cout<<"End of First Half!!!";
cout<<" hteam "<<"["<<hteam<<"] "<<hs;
cout<<" vteam "<<" ["<<vteam;
cout<<"] ";
cout<<vs;dwn=1;yd=10;
if (beginp=='H') team='V';
else team='H';
break;
}
case(4): strcpy(qtrs,"th");break;
Solution 11 - .Net
I think the ordinal suffix is hard to get... you basically have to write a function that uses a switch to test the numbers and add the suffix.
There's no reason for a language to provide this internally, especially when it's locale specific.
You can do a bit better than that link when it comes to the amount of code to write, but you have to code a function for this...