Ordinal numbers refer to a position in a series and usually are presented as a number and one of the suffixes -th, -st, -nd and -rd.
For example: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 20th, 23rd, 52nd, 112th, 163rd, etc.
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* Convert a number into Ordinal Number string
FUNCTION OrdinalNumber
LPARAMETER tiNumber
LOCAL lcSuffix
* Only whole numbers are allowed
IF (tiNumber % 1) <> 0
ERROR 11
ENDIF
IF BETWEEN(tiNumber % 10, 1,3) AND NOT BETWEEN(tiNumber % 100, 11,13)
lcSuffix = SUBSTR("stndrd", ((tiNumber % 10) * 2) -1, 2)
ELSE
lcSuffix = 'th'
ENDIF
RETURN TRANSFORM(tiNumber) + lcSuffix
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Examples
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CLEAR
FOR lnNumber = 1 TO 24
? OrdinalNumber(lnNumber)
ENDFOR
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FOR lnNumber = 110 TO 124
? OrdinalNumber(lnNumber)
ENDFOR
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