A simple pluralization engine for .Net.
Some people, when confronted with a pluralization problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems.
A poor paraphrasing of Jamie Zawinski
Simply. Just reference Grande.Pluralizer.dll in your project, add the namespace Grande.Pluralization, and you're off to the races.
int count = 4;
string result = string.Format("I can see {0} {1}.", count, Pluralizer.Pluralize(count, "light"));
// "I can see 4 lights"
count = 1;
string result = string.Format("I can see {0} {1}.", count, Pluralizer.Pluralize(count, "light"));
// "I can see 1 light"
Or, use extension methods.
int count = 4;
string result = string.Format("I can see {0} {1}.", count, "light".Pluralize(count));
// "I can see 4 lights"
Regex, mostly. See the Pluralizations field in Pluralizer.cs for more info.
File a bug here on GitHub. I'll fix it. Or fix it yourself, and issue a pull request.
In the mean time, you can override your results like this:
Pluralizer.Pluralize(count, singular, plural);
string result = Pluralizer.Pluralize(5, "box", "boxen");
// Will return "boxen" instead of "boxes."
- Copula generator (What's a copula, you ask? tl,dr: In English, it's "is" and "are."
- Optionally include the count in the result (This may become the default): var result = "chairman".Pluralize(4, PluralizationOptions.PrependNumber); // "4 chairmen"
- Globalization (using pluginable language sets)