మూస:theordinal/doc

Given a number, this template automatically generates an English word for an ordinal.

Usage

This template uses only one parameter, which is the number (written with Hindu-Arabic digits) to be converted.

Examples

• {{theordinal|1}} returns:

  first

• {{theordinal|13}} returns:

  thirteenth

Mechanics

This template simply employs the parser function #switch to keep a list of numbers in algarisms and their ordinal words. Consequently, this list should contain all the relevant number before they are converted elsewhere.

If a user tries to convert a set characters that is not in the list, the final result is simply the same set of characters. (For example, {{theordinal|qwerty}} merely returns "qwerty".)

See also

Supplementary templates [edit]

Contents, text, tables:

• caps (returns a particular letter, either in upper or lower cases)
• str len (returns the number of characters of a string)
• theordinal (returns "first" from 1, "second" from 2, etc.)
• theplural (returns "suffixes" from suffix, "verbs" from verb, etc.)
• navbox (generates a collapsible box)
• ! (returns a vertical pipe: |)
• !! (returns two vertical pipes: ||)
• (! (returns a left brace followed by a vertical pipe: {|)
• !) (returns a vertical pipe followed by a right brace: |})
• !- (returns a vertical pipe followed by a dash: |-)

Languages, families and scripts:

• langname (same as above, but also returns a language name from the same language name)
• languagex (returns the language name from any language code)
• langnamex (same as above, but also returns a language name from the same language name)
• langrev (returns the language code of a given language name)
• languageshift (differentiates between "American Sign Language" and "American Sign Language language", among other related languages)
• langfamily (returns the language family from a language code)
• family (returns the family from a subfamily)
• script (returns a script name from a script code)
• scriptrev (returns a script code from a script name)

Pages:

• langprefix (returns the prefix, like conl:, of a language template)
• catlangcode (returns the name of a topical category, notably by never displaying the code en:)
• catlangname (returns the name of a lexical or other category similarly named)
• deftempboiler (generates a definition template)
• edit (generates an "edit" button)