a handy function "format.cardinal", looking for a proper name..

[Thomas Lumley]

On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Martin Maechler wrote:
>=20
>     TL> ordinal(1:3,"francais")
>     TL> "1re" "2me" "3me"
> =09  ^^
> =09is this okay, even for males? (premier / premi=E8re)
>=20

good point.  It would be "1er", not "1re". We do need a gender argument.

=09-thomas

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