1. Re: EUPHORIA Digest - 24 Oct 1998 to 25 Oct 1998 (#1998-161)

Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen wrote:

>     -- Add day
>     day = date_seq[3]
>     if    day = 1  then   text = text & " 1st"
>     elsif day = 2  then   text = text & " 2nd"
>     elsif day = 3  then   text = text & " 3rd"
      elsif day = 21 then   text = text & " 21st"
      elsif day = 22 then   text = text & " 22nd"
      elsif day = 23 then   text = text & " 23rd"
      elsif day = 31 then   text = text & " 31st"
>     else
>         text = text & sprintf (" %dth",{day})
>     end if

that's a tad mo' proper/better, dontcha think?? :)

yes, we coulda threaded an algorithm that divided
by ten if it was over ten and checked the remainder
against 1 & 2 & 3; but, i didn't feel like it. do you?

i'm not sure it would be 'cleaner' anyway...

:) Hawke'

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