Posted by Bosconian on 01/14/06 09:08

"Andy Hassall" <andy@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:24:03 -0800, "Bosconian" <bosconian@planetx.com>
wrote:
>
> >This might seem like a trivial thing, but has anyone has come up with a
> >better way of outputting a singular vs. plural string?
> >
> >$results always contain 1 or more records so "0 appointments" is not
> >applicable.
> >
> >Is there a way to do this in one line (perhaps with regular expressions)
> >without resorting to something lame like "1 appointment(s)"?
> >
> >Again, no biggie and the above syntax is tried and true, but it's always
> >nice to learn a new trick now and then.
>
> I tend to use something like:
>
> print $count . ' noun' . ($count == 1 ? '' : 's')
>
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That works nicely--thanks!

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