On Sunday, 3 February 2019 14:31:14 UTC+11, Avi Gross wrote:
> Yes, you caught the usual flaw in the often irregular English language.
>
> The 11th, 12th and 13th do all begin with 1 so there is a simple fix in the
> function version by checking if day//10 is 1.
>
> Revised example:
>
> """ Use last digit to determine suffix handling teens well """
>
> def nthSuffix(day):
> if (day // 10 == 1):
> suffix = "th"
> else:
> nth = day % 10
> suffix = "st" if nth == 1 else ("nd" if nth == 2 else ("rd" if nth
> == 3 else "th"))
>
> return str(day) + suffix
>
> >>> [ nthSuffix(day) for day in range(1,32)]
> ['1st', '2nd', '3rd', '4th', '5th', '6th', '7th', '8th', '9th', '10th',
> '11th', '12th', '13th', '14th', '15th', '16th', '17th', '18th', '19th',
> '20th', '21st', '22nd', '23rd', '24th', '25th', '26th', '27th', '28th',
> '29th', '30th', '31st']
>
> Want a dictionary version? Use the above to make a full dictionary:
>
> >>> chooseFrom = { day : nthSuffix(day) for day in range(1,32)}
> >>> chooseFrom
> {1: '1st', 2: '2nd', 3: '3rd', 4: '4th', 5: '5th', 6: '6th', 7: '7th', 8:
> '8th', 9: '9th', 10: '10th', 11: '11th', 12: '12th', 13: '13th', 14: '14th',
> 15: '15th', 16: '16th', 17: '17th', 18: '18th', 19: '19th', 20: '20th', 21:
> '21st', 22: '22nd', 23: '23rd', 24: '24th', 25: '25th', 26: '26th', 27:
> '27th', 28: '28th', 29: '29th', 30: '30th', 31: '31st'}
> >>> chooseFrom[1]
> '1st'
> >>> chooseFrom[11]
> '11th'
> >>> chooseFrom[21]
> '21st'
>
> Subject: Re: Implement C's Switch in Python 3
>
> On 2019-02-03 02:51, Avi Gross wrote:
> > I may be missing something, but the focus seems to be only on the
> > rightmost digit. You can get that with
> >
> I had the same thought, but came across a problem. "11st", "12nd", "13rd"?
>
> [snip]
> >
> > Output:
> >
> >>>> for day in range(1, 32):
> > print( nthSuffix(day))
> >
> > 1st
> > 2nd
> > 3rd
> > 4th
> > 5th
> > 6th
> > 7th
> > 8th
> > 9th
> > 10th
> > 11st
> > 12nd
> > 13rd
> > 14th
> > 15th
> > 16th
> > 17th
> > 18th
> > 19th
> > 20th
> > 21st
> > 22nd
> > 23rd
> > 24th
> > 25th
> > 26th
> > 27th
> > 28th
> > 29th
> > 30th
> > 31st
> >
> [snip]
> --
I do like this.
Want a dictionary version? Use the above to make a full dictionary:
>>> chooseFrom = { day : nthSuffix(day) for day in range(1,32)}
>>> chooseFrom
{1: '1st', 2: '2nd', 3: '3rd', 4: '4th', 5: '5th', 6: '6th', 7: '7th', 8:
'8th', 9: '9th', 10: '10th', 11: '11th', 12: '12th', 13: '13th', 14: '14th',
15: '15th', 16: '16th', 17: '17th', 18: '18th', 19: '19th', 20: '20th', 21:
'21st', 22: '22nd', 23: '23rd', 24: '24th', 25: '25th', 26: '26th', 27:
'27th', 28: '28th', 29: '29th', 30: '30th', 31: '31st'}
>>> chooseFrom[1]
'1st'
>>> chooseFrom[11]
'11th'
>>> chooseFrom[21]
'21st'
Not having a default case as in switch forced you to write out all possible
combinations.
I think the intent and readbility of switch statements is a bit nicer.
Cheers
Sayth
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