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authorVijay Dev <vijaydev.cse@gmail.com>2012-02-04 18:38:26 +0530
committerVijay Dev <vijaydev.cse@gmail.com>2012-02-04 18:46:19 +0530
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Document Integer#ordinal available in PR #2072.
Also remove an unasserted line in the tests.
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@@ -1872,9 +1872,24 @@ The method +multiple_of?+ tests whether an integer is multiple of the argument:
NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/integer/multiple.rb+.
+h4. +ordinal+
+
+The method +ordinal+ returns the ordinal suffix string corresponding to the receiver integer:
+
+<ruby>
+1.ordinal # => "st"
+2.ordinal # => "nd"
+53.ordinal # => "rd"
+2009.ordinal # => "th"
+-21.ordinal # => "st"
+-134.ordinal # => "th"
+</ruby>
+
+NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/integer/inflections.rb+.
+
h4. +ordinalize+
-The method +ordinalize+ returns the ordinal string corresponding to the receiver integer:
+The method +ordinalize+ returns the ordinal string corresponding to the receiver integer. In comparison, note that the +ordinal+ method returns *only* the suffix string.
<ruby>
1.ordinalize # => "1st"