1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
|
// Package english provides utilities to generate more user-friendly English output.
package english
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
)
// These are included because they are common technical terms.
var specialPlurals = map[string]string{
"index": "indices",
"matrix": "matrices",
"vertex": "vertices",
}
var sibilantEndings = []string{"s", "sh", "tch", "x"}
var isVowel = map[byte]bool{
'A': true, 'E': true, 'I': true, 'O': true, 'U': true,
'a': true, 'e': true, 'i': true, 'o': true, 'u': true,
}
// PluralWord builds the plural form of an English word.
// The simple English rules of regular pluralization will be used
// if the plural form is an empty string (i.e. not explicitly given).
// The special cases are not guaranteed to work for strings outside ASCII.
func PluralWord(quantity int, singular, plural string) string {
if quantity == 1 {
return singular
}
if plural != "" {
return plural
}
if plural = specialPlurals[singular]; plural != "" {
return plural
}
// We need to guess what the English plural might be. Keep this
// function simple! It doesn't need to know about every possiblity;
// only regular rules and the most common special cases.
//
// Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plural
for _, ending := range sibilantEndings {
if strings.HasSuffix(singular, ending) {
return singular + "es"
}
}
l := len(singular)
if l >= 2 && singular[l-1] == 'o' && !isVowel[singular[l-2]] {
return singular + "es"
}
if l >= 2 && singular[l-1] == 'y' && !isVowel[singular[l-2]] {
return singular[:l-1] + "ies"
}
return singular + "s"
}
// Plural formats an integer and a string into a single pluralized string.
// The simple English rules of regular pluralization will be used
// if the plural form is an empty string (i.e. not explicitly given).
func Plural(quantity int, singular, plural string) string {
return fmt.Sprintf("%d %s", quantity, PluralWord(quantity, singular, plural))
}
// WordSeries converts a list of words into a word series in English.
// It returns a string containing all the given words separated by commas,
// the coordinating conjunction, and a serial comma, as appropriate.
func WordSeries(words []string, conjunction string) string {
switch len(words) {
case 0:
return ""
case 1:
return words[0]
default:
return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s", strings.Join(words[:len(words)-1], ", "), conjunction, words[len(words)-1])
}
}
// OxfordWordSeries converts a list of words into a word series in English,
// using an Oxford comma (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma). It
// returns a string containing all the given words separated by commas, the
// coordinating conjunction, and a serial comma, as appropriate.
func OxfordWordSeries(words []string, conjunction string) string {
switch len(words) {
case 0:
return ""
case 1:
return words[0]
case 2:
return strings.Join(words, fmt.Sprintf(" %s ", conjunction))
default:
return fmt.Sprintf("%s, %s %s", strings.Join(words[:len(words)-1], ", "), conjunction, words[len(words)-1])
}
}
|
