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js-simple-plurals
Just a set of plural functions for different languages
Installation
Install with Bower
$ bower install js-simple-plurals
Install with NPM
$ npm install js-simple-plurals
Examples
Node.js
var plural = require('./node/en');
function pluralizeEn(number, one, many) {
var rules = [one, many];
var position = plural(number);
return rules[position];
}
console.log('2 ' + pluralizeEn(2, 'day', 'days')); // prints '2 days'
Web
<form>
<label>
Number
<input type="number" id="number" value="1">
</label>
<div id="text"></div>
</form>
<script src="web/en.js"></script>
<script>
var number = document.getElementById('number');
var text = document.getElementById('text');
function pluralizeEn(number, one, many) {
var rules = [one, many];
var position = plural.en(number);
return rules[position];
}
function updateText() {
var content = number.value + ': ' + pluralizeEn(
number.value,
'day',
'days'
);
document.getElementById('text').textContent = content;
}
document.getElementById('number').addEventListener('change', updateText);
updateText();
</script>
About
Plural rules follow the guideline found in the Unicode CLDR Charts on Language Plural Rules. This plural rules are based on rules generated by universal-i18n.