update string as plural once it is more than 1

Question

I have the following span, I want to use the method pluralize, till there is items equal to 1, I want to display 1 item, at the moment it is by default 0 items, If something gets added it says 1 items

<span id="cartitems">
<%=@size%>
items
</span>

Answer 1

Please use Rails I18n and write something like:

I18n.t('items', count: @size)

and then in your config/locales/en.yml file:

en:
  items:
    zero: "no items"
    one: "one item"
    other: "%{count} items"