require 'active_support/inflector' class Integer # Ordinalize turns a number into an ordinal string used to denote the # position in an ordered sequence such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. # # 1.ordinalize # => "1st" # 2.ordinalize # => "2nd" # 1002.ordinalize # => "1002nd" # 1003.ordinalize # => "1003rd" def ordinalize ActiveSupport::Inflector.ordinalize(self) end end