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numOrdinalSuffix ( number )

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Jonathan Mickelson, Thought Development Corp.
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Returns the appropriate ordinal number suffix (-st, -nd, -rd, -th) for a supplied number. Thus, 12 would return a superscript "th" as in 12th.

Sample Input:

numOrdinalSuffix ( 12 )
numOrdinalSuffix ( 1 )
numOrdinalSuffix ( 23 )
numOrdinalSuffix ( 892 )

numField & numOrdinalSuffix ( numField )

Sample Output:

th (as in 12th)
st (as in 1st)
rd (as in 33rd)
nd (as in 892nd)

24th

Let ( [ txtStyle = "Superscript" ;// Can be made null to remove formatting num = GetAsNumber ( Filter ( GetAsText ( number ) ; "1234567890" ) ) ; lastDig = Right( num; 1) ; tensDig = Right ( Left ( num ; Length ( num ) - 1 ) ; 1 ) ; ordval = Case ( IsEmpty( num ) ; "" ; //error trap "No number" IsEmpty( tensDig ) and lastDig = 0 ; "" ; //error trap "0" tensDig = 1 ; "th"; tensDig > 1 or tensDig < 1 ; Choose ( lastDig ; "th" ; "st" ; "nd" ; "rd" ; "th" ; "th" ; "th" ; "th" ; "th" ; "th" ) ; "") ; ordResult = TextStyleAdd ( ordval ; Evaluate ( txtStyle ) ) ] ; ordResult )
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Returns the correct ordinal suffix (-st, -nd, -rd, -th) for a given number. For example if a supplied parameter "number" is 12, the result is "th". This uses the English ordinal numbering rules for all numbers. Thus, normal use of the function to display the number followed by the Ordinal suffix would use a similar calculation to the following:

numberField & numOrdinalSuffix ( numberField )

Result Type - text (with optional Superscript style ordinal, enabled by default)

Note - To remove the style modification of "Superscript" just remove the value from the variable txtStyle defined below to make it null or "".

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