Plurals
The PluralFormatter
uses language-specific pluralization rules to choose different text for singular and plural forms. Some languages can have as many as 5 different forms.
Example
Smart.Format("There {0:plural:is 1 item|are {} items}.", number);
Syntax details
{ Number : plural(lang) : singular | plural | more... }
Number |
:plural |
(lang) |
singular |
plural |
more... |
Any Number, like int or double |
"plural" or "p" or implicit |
2-letter language code |
the singular text |
the plural text |
more plural forms |
- English has two plural forms: 1 is singular, everything else is plural.
However, some languages have complex rules, with as many as 6 plural forms! Special cases for 0, 2-4, or singular used for 21, 31, etc.
So, for these languages, you should specify all plural forms, in smallest-to-largest order (eg. zero|one|two|few|many)
- The default language rule is english. To use a specific rule, there are 3 ways:
- Change the default:
Smart.Default.GetFormatterExtension<PluralLocalizationFormatter>().DefaultTwoLetterISOLanguageName = "ru";
- Supply a culture info:
Smart.Format(GetCultureInfo("ru"), "{0:банан|банана|бананов}", args...)
- Specify the (lang) like this:
{0:plural(ru):банан|банана|бананов}
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