[Rails] Re: Inflect word depending on number

Rob Biedenharn wrote in post #957481:
> On Oct 27, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Vitaliy Yanchuk wrote:
>
>> How can I use proper word after number, depending on that number.
>> For example I have message that says:
>>
>> for 23 monthes, or it can be 21 month.
>> So I have to inflect depending on number
>>
>> --
>
>
> If you're in a Rails view, you can say:
>
> pluralize(n, 'month')
[...]

...but you probably shouldn't if you're going to internationalize the
application; different languages have different pluralization rules.
Any good I18N library should have a generalized pluralization function
(for example, there's n_ in fast_gettext).

Best,
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Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
marnen@marnen.org

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