.pluralGenerator( [options] ) ➜ function( value )

It supports the creation of internationalized messages with plural inflection by returning a function that returns the value's plural group: zero, one, two, few, many, or other.

The returned function is invoked with one argument: the Number value for which to return the plural group.

Parameters

options.type

Optional. String cardinal (default), or ordinal.

value

A Number for which to return the plural group.

Example

Prior to using any plural method, you must load either supplemental/plurals.json for cardinals or supplemental/ordinals.json for ordinals.

Read CLDR content if you need more information.

You can use the static method Globalize.pluralGenerator(), which uses the default locale.

var plural;

Globalize.locale( "en" );

// Cardinals
plural = Globalize.pluralGenerator();

plural( 0 );
// > "other"

plural( 1 );
// > "one"

plural( 2 );
// > "other"

// Ordinals
plural = Globalize.pluralGenerator({ type: "ordinal" });

plural( 0 );
// > "other"

plural( 1 );
// > "one"

plural( 2 );
// > "two"

You can use the instance method .pluralGenerator(), which uses the instance locale.

var plural = Globalize( "zh" ).pluralGenerator();

plural( 1 );
// > "other"

For comparison (cardinals):

	en (English)	ru (Russian)	ar (Arabic)
`plural( 0 )`	`other`	`many`	`zero`
`plural( 1 )`	`one`	`one`	`one`
`plural( 2 )`	`other`	`few`	`two`
`plural( 3 )`	`other`	`few`	`few`
`plural( 5 )`	`other`	`many`	`few`

For comparison (ordinals):

	en (English)	ru (Russian)	ar (Arabic)
`plural( 0, { type: "ordinal" } )`	`other`	`other`	`other`
`plural( 1, { type: "ordinal" } )`	`one`	`other`	`other`
`plural( 2, { type: "ordinal" } )`	`two`	`other`	`other`
`plural( 3, { type: "ordinal" } )`	`few`	`other`	`other`
`plural( 5, { type: "ordinal" } )`	`other`	`other`	`other`

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