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28 * plur.c: Pluralize (is that a word?) something
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34 #include "prototypes.h"
39 return n == 1 ? "" : "s";
45 return n == 1 ? "" : "es";
51 return n == 1 ? "y" : "ies";
55 * Change suffix of BUF to English plural if N > 1.
56 * Best effort, not 100% accurate English.
57 * Array BUF[MAX_LEN] contains a zero-terminated string.
58 * If there's not enough space for changed suffix, it is truncated.
61 plurize(char *buf, int max_len, int n)
63 size_t len = strlen(buf);
68 switch(buf[len - 1]) {
71 strncat(buf, "ies", max_len - len - 1);
74 strncat(buf, "es", max_len - len - 1);
77 strncat(buf, "s", max_len - len - 1);