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rubyrequirepluralize

Is there a pluralize function in Ruby NOT Rails?

I am writing some Ruby code, not Rails, and I need to handle something like this:

found 1 match
found 2 matches

I have Rails installed so maybe I might be able to add a require clause at the top of the script, but does anyone know of a RUBY method that pluralizes strings? Is there a class I can require that can deal with this if the script isn't Rails but I have Rails installed?

Edit: All of these answers were close but I checked off the one that got it working for me. Try this method as a helper when writing Ruby, not Rails, code:

def pluralize(number, text)
  return text.pluralize if number != 1
  text
end
Solution

  • Actually all you need to do is

    require 'active_support/inflector'

    and that will extend the String type.

    you can then do

    "MyString".pluralize

    which will return

    "MyStrings"

    for 2.3.5 try:

    require 'rubygems'
require 'active_support/inflector'

    should get it, if not try

    sudo gem install activesupport

    and then the requires.