Helper To Print Numbers As Ordinals (1st, 2nd, 3rd...)
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def number_to_ordinal(num)
num = num.to_i
if (10...20)===num
"#{num}th"
else
g = %w{ th st nd rd th th th th th th }
a = num.to_s
c=a[-1..-1].to_i
a + g[c]
end
end
number_to_ordinal(12) => "12th"
number_to_ordinal(7) => "7th"
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