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Mar 12 2008, 11:24 pm
Code:
stat("It is [day], the [cardinal(date)] of [month]")

proc
    cardinal(n as num)
        switch(n)
            if(1||21||31)
                return "[n]st"
            else if(2||22)
                return "[n]nd"
            else if(3||23)
                return "[n]rd"
            else
                return "[n]th"


Problem description: It is the 10nd of January. It is the 1st of January. It is the 2st of January. Thanks.

Mar 13 2008, 2:28 am
The switch() statement has a special syntax. What you'd want to use here is a if(1,21,31), if(2,22), etc.

However there are two better ways to do this. If you're sending output to a browse() result, which can't use most text macros, I'd use this:

proc/cardinal(n)
  if(round(n/10) % 10 == 1) return "th"
  switch(n % 10)
    if(1) return "st"
    if(2) return "nd"
    if(3) return "rd"
  return "th"


In a stat() command or any regular output, just use the \th macro:

stat("It is [day], the [date]\th of [month]")


Lummox JR