Page 1 of 2
How to generate an ordinal number
Posted: Saturday 10th July 2021 9:25am
by bill-lancaster
Is there an available method to convert say "5" to "5th" or "23" to "23rd"?
Re: How to generate an ordinal number
Posted: Saturday 10th July 2021 11:15am
by bill-lancaster
Since I'm looking at day values of a date,
Select Case day_number MOD 10
Case 1
st
Case 2
nd
Case 3
rd
Case else
th
End Select
I guess this will do it, a bit messy though
Re: How to generate an ordinal number
Posted: Saturday 10th July 2021 11:18am
by BruceSteers
No, 5 is Integer, 5th is String.
It's a simple function...
Public nth(v as integer, Textonly as Boolean)
Dim s as string =iif(textonly,"",str(v))
Dim n as Integer = v ٪ 10
Select n
Case 1
S &= "st"
Case 2
S &= "nd"
Case 3
S &= "rd"
Case else
S &= "th"
Return s
End
Re: How to generate an ordinal number
Posted: Saturday 10th July 2021 11:24am
by BruceSteers
Not so dirty...
Dim ss as string[] = ["th","st","nd","rd","th"]
Dim v as Integer = value % 10
Return Str(value) & ss[Min(v,4)]
Re: How to generate an ordinal number
Posted: Saturday 10th July 2021 11:51am
by cogier
Here is my version: -
Public Sub Form_Open()
Dim dDate As Date = Date(Now)
Dim sOrdinal As String = GetOrdinal(Format(dDate, "dd"))
Print Format(dDate, "dddd d") & sOrdinal & Format(dDate, " mmmm yyyy")
End
Public Sub GetOrdinal(sDay As String) As String
Dim iDay As Integer = Val(sDay)
Dim sOrdinal As String = "th"
Select Case iDay
Case 1, 21, 31
sOrdinal = "st"
Case 2, 22
sOrdinal = "nd"
Case 3, 23
sOrdinal = "rd"
End Select
Return sOrdinal
End
The result for today is
Saturday 10th July 2021
Re: How to generate an ordinal number
Posted: Saturday 10th July 2021 11:58am
by bill-lancaster
I like the not so dirty solution, thanks Bruce and Cogier.
Re: How to generate an ordinal number
Posted: Saturday 10th July 2021 12:45pm
by grayghost4
I like Cogier's solution very well done
I can tell you have been reading " 'Clean Code' by Robert C. Martin "
I think everyone should read that book
Re: How to generate an ordinal number
Posted: Saturday 10th July 2021 1:00pm
by cogier
I like Cogier's solution very well done
I can tell you have been reading " 'Clean Code' by Robert C. Martin "
I think everyone should read that book
Thanks for the kind words, but I have never read that book!
Re: How to generate an ordinal number
Posted: Saturday 10th July 2021 1:05pm
by grayghost4
Re: How to generate an ordinal number
Posted: Saturday 10th July 2021 2:16pm
by BruceSteers
I like shorter, as short as can be is best for me...
I got it to a one liner
Public Sub GetOrdinal(v as Integer) As String
Return(["th","st","nd","rd","th"][Min(4, v % 10)])
End
Not sure if defining a string[] ad-hoc like that works though (cant test as am at work)
