Is there a way in Java to convert an integer to its ordinal name?

Question

I want to take an integer and get its ordinal, i.e.:

1 -> "First" 2 -> "Second" 3 -> "Third" ... 

Answer 1

If you're OK with 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc, here's some simple code that will correctly handle any integer:

public static String ordinal(int i) {     String[] suffixes = new String[] { "th", "st", "nd", "rd", "th", "th", "th", "th", "th", "th" };     switch (i % 100) {     case 11:     case 12:     case 13:         return i + "th";     default:         return i + suffixes[i % 10];      } } 

Here's some tests for edge cases:

public static void main(String[] args) {     int[] tests = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 111, 112, 113, 114, 1000};     for (int test : tests) {         System.out.println(ordinal(test));     } } 

Output:

0th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 111th 112th 113th 114th 1000th