Template:ordinal

This properly formats the given number as an abbreviated ordinal number in English.

Usage

{{ordinal|number[|flags(optional)]}}

• number is the number to be formatted

  - Negative numbers get formatted as positive numbers with an negative sign added to the front of the number.

  - 0 gets formatted as "Zeroth".

• flags indicates flags for the format of the output

  - If "R" is in flags, the output is formatted without commas.

  - If "S" is in flags, the output is formatted with the ordinal indicators not in superscripts.

  - Flags can be combined in any order.

  - If flags is omitted, the output is formatted as if no flags were given.

Examples

• {{ordinal|1}}

produces

1st

• {{ordinal|0002}}

produces

2nd

• {{ordinal|0}}

produces

0th

• {{ordinal|-00003}}

produces

-3rd

• {{ordinal|123456789}}

produces

123,456,789th

• {{ordinal|983,675,911}}

produces

983,675,911th

• {{ordinal|123456|S}}

produces

123,456th

• {{ordinal|00,314,159|R}}

produces

314159th

• {{ordinal|-271828|RS}}

produces

-271828th

• {{ordinal}} <!-- not recommended -->

produces

0th

First 29 ordinal numbers in English

Number	Ordinal	Number	Ordinal	Number	Ordinal
0	0th	10	10th	20	20th
1	1st	11	11th	21	21st
2	2nd	12	12th	22	22nd
3	3rd	13	13th	23	23rd
4	4th	14	14th	24	24th
5	5th	15	15th	25	25th
6	6th	16	16th	26	26th
7	7th	17	17th	27	27th
8	8th	18	18th	28	28th
9	9th	19	19th	29	29th