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// 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]) } }
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