This might seem like a trivial thing, but has anyone has come up with a
better way of outputting a singular vs. plural string?
For example:
// default plural label
$string = "appointmen ts";
// singular label
if (mysql_num_rows ($results) == 1) $string = "appointmen t";
print mysql_num_rows( $results) . $string;
$results always contain 1 or more records so "0 appointments" is not
applicable.
Is there a way to do this in one line (perhaps with regular expressions)
without resorting to something lame like "1 appointment(s)" ?
Again, no biggie and the above syntax is tried and true, but it's always
nice to learn a new trick now and then.
Thanks. 7 13183
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:24:03 -0800, "Bosconian" <bo*******@plan etx.com> wrote: This might seem like a trivial thing, but has anyone has come up with a better way of outputting a singular vs. plural string?
$results always contain 1 or more records so "0 appointments" is not applicable.
Is there a way to do this in one line (perhaps with regular expressions) without resorting to something lame like "1 appointment(s)" ?
Again, no biggie and the above syntax is tried and true, but it's always nice to learn a new trick now and then.
I tend to use something like:
print $count . ' noun' . ($count == 1 ? '' : 's')
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news:4k******** *************** *********@4ax.c om... On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:24:03 -0800, "Bosconian" <bo*******@plan etx.com>
wrote:This might seem like a trivial thing, but has anyone has come up with a better way of outputting a singular vs. plural string?
$results always contain 1 or more records so "0 appointments" is not applicable.
Is there a way to do this in one line (perhaps with regular expressions) without resorting to something lame like "1 appointment(s)" ?
Again, no biggie and the above syntax is tried and true, but it's always nice to learn a new trick now and then.
I tend to use something like:
print $count . ' noun' . ($count == 1 ? '' : 's')
-- Andy Hassall :: an**@andyh.co.u k :: http://www.andyh.co.uk http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space :: disk and FTP usage analysis tool
That works nicely--thanks!
Bosconian wrote: This might seem like a trivial thing, but has anyone has come up with a better way of outputting a singular vs. plural string?
For example:
// default plural label $string = "appointmen ts"; // singular label if (mysql_num_rows ($results) == 1) $string = "appointmen t"; print mysql_num_rows( $results) . $string;
$results always contain 1 or more records so "0 appointments" is not applicable.
Is there a way to do this in one line (perhaps with regular expressions) without resorting to something lame like "1 appointment(s)" ?
Again, no biggie and the above syntax is tried and true, but it's always nice to learn a new trick now and then.
Thanks.
Well, you can always put that code into a function in its own php file
and then just include it in your php file which will use it... Then you
could call it on one line each time you needed it. For example:
include('printp lural.php');
....
print_plural($m ystring, $db_result);
....
<jo*********@sb cglobal.net> wrote in message
news:f9******** *********@newss vr21.news.prodi gy.com... Bosconian wrote: This might seem like a trivial thing, but has anyone has come up with a better way of outputting a singular vs. plural string?
For example:
// default plural label $string = "appointmen ts"; // singular label if (mysql_num_rows ($results) == 1) $string = "appointmen t"; print mysql_num_rows( $results) . $string;
$results always contain 1 or more records so "0 appointments" is not applicable.
Is there a way to do this in one line (perhaps with regular expressions) without resorting to something lame like "1 appointment(s)" ?
Again, no biggie and the above syntax is tried and true, but it's always nice to learn a new trick now and then.
Thanks.
Well, you can always put that code into a function in its own php file and then just include it in your php file which will use it... Then you could call it on one line each time you needed it. For example:
include('printp lural.php'); ... print_plural($m ystring, $db_result); ...
I wrap reusable code in functions all the time, but in this case it's not
needed.
"Bosconian" <bo*******@plan etx.com> wrote in message
news:_Z******** *************** *******@comcast .com... <jo*********@sb cglobal.net> wrote in message news:f9******** *********@newss vr21.news.prodi gy.com... Bosconian wrote: This might seem like a trivial thing, but has anyone has come up with
a better way of outputting a singular vs. plural string?
For example:
// default plural label $string = "appointmen ts"; // singular label if (mysql_num_rows ($results) == 1) $string = "appointmen t"; print mysql_num_rows( $results) . $string;
$results always contain 1 or more records so "0 appointments" is not applicable.
Is there a way to do this in one line (perhaps with regular
expressions) without resorting to something lame like "1 appointment(s)" ?
Again, no biggie and the above syntax is tried and true, but it's
always nice to learn a new trick now and then.
Thanks.
Well, you can always put that code into a function in its own php file and then just include it in your php file which will use it... Then you could call it on one line each time you needed it. For example:
include('printp lural.php'); ... print_plural($m ystring, $db_result); ...
I wrap reusable code in functions all the time, but in this case it's not needed.
On second thought, breaking this out as a function proves useful:
function print_plural($t emp, $count) {
return $count . ' ' . $temp . ($count == 1 ? '' : 's');
}
print print_plural('a ppointment', mysql_num_rows( $result));
Bosconian said the following on 16/01/2006 21:03: <jo*********@sb cglobal.net> wrote in message news:f9******** *********@newss vr21.news.prodi gy.com... Bosconian wrote: This might seem like a trivial thing, but has anyone has come up with a better way of outputting a singular vs. plural string?
Well, you can always put that code into a function in its own php file and then just include it in your php file which will use it... Then you could call it on one line each time you needed it. For example:
include('printp lural.php'); ... print_plural($m ystring, $db_result); ...
On second thought, breaking this out as a function proves useful:
function print_plural($t emp, $count) { return $count . ' ' . $temp . ($count == 1 ? '' : 's'); }
print print_plural('a ppointment', mysql_num_rows( $result));
Of course, beware of non-standard pluralisation, e.g. "children",
"geese", "bacteria", "fish", "mice", "oxen", etc.
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Oli
Oli Filth (ca***@olifilth .co.uk) wrote:
: Bosconian said the following on 16/01/2006 21:03:
: >> <jo*********@sb cglobal.net> wrote in message
: >> news:f9******** *********@newss vr21.news.prodi gy.com...
: >>> Bosconian wrote:
: >>>> This might seem like a trivial thing, but has anyone has come up with
: >>>> a better way of outputting a singular vs. plural string?
: >>>>
: >>>>
: >>> Well, you can always put that code into a function in its own php file
: >>> and then just include it in your php file which will use it... Then you
: >>> could call it on one line each time you needed it. For example:
: >>>
: >>> include('printp lural.php');
: >>> ...
: >>> print_plural($m ystring, $db_result);
: >>> ...
: >
: > On second thought, breaking this out as a function proves useful:
: >
: > function print_plural($t emp, $count) {
: > return $count . ' ' . $temp . ($count == 1 ? '' : 's');
: > }
: >
: > print print_plural('a ppointment', mysql_num_rows( $result));
: >
: Of course, beware of non-standard pluralisation, e.g. "children",
: "geese", "bacteria", "fish", "mice", "oxen", etc.
don't get too tricky (untested)
function plural( $count, $word, $words )
{
if ($count > 1)) return $words;
else return $word;
}
e.g.
print "the ".plural($count ,"customer","cu stomers")
print "the ".plural($cooke d,"goose" ,"geese")
Or use a lookup table to convert singles to plurals
# define array $plurals ahead of time with all the
# words that pluralizing
function plural( $count, $word )
{
if ($count >1) return $plurals[$word];
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