Re: Translatable Ordinal Numbers

["Tomas Kuliavas" <tokul users sourceforge net>]

> Op Saterdag 2008-03-01 skryf Sven Herzberg:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I'm currently working on a calendar-like application and want to display
>> a string for the day like "1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th". The string has to
>> stand alone, so please don't try to convince me about using
>> strftime(3).
>>
>> Now my question: is there a properly usable way of doing this? (I think
>> of a solution like nettext(3).)
>>
>> I think I'll go on like this (if no other appropriate solution pops up):
>> 1. Use a list of strings for the beginning (this is really not much of
>> an issue as I only have to care about ordinal numbers from 1st to 31st).
>> 2. (Once I have enough time:) Make up an internal function like
>> ngettext() and use that.
>> 3. If everything works out: try to push it into gettext.
>>
>> Regards,
>>   Sven
>
> Hi Sven
>
> I don't know what nettext is (no man page for that on my system),

man 3 ngettext