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Inflection Helpers

Handlebars provides a set of built-in helpers for working with inflection. These helpers are used to format and manipulate words, making it easier to display text in a readable format.

Availability: Registered in both the Node and browser builds.

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{{inflect}}

Returns either the singular or plural inflection of a word based on the given count.

Params

  • count {Number}
  • singular {String}: The singular form
  • plural {String}: The plural form
  • includeCount {Boolean}
  • returns {String}

Example

{{inflect 0 "string" "strings"}}
<!-- "strings" -->
{{inflect 1 "string" "strings"}}
<!-- "string" -->
{{inflect 1 "string" "strings" true}}
<!-- "1 string" -->
{{inflect 2 "string" "strings"}}
<!-- "strings" -->
{{inflect 2 "string" "strings" true}}
<!-- "2 strings" -->

{{ordinalize}}

Returns an ordinalized number as a string.

Params

  • value {Number|String}: The value to ordinalize.
  • returns {String}: The ordinalized number

Example

{{ordinalize 1}}
<!-- '1st' -->
{{ordinalize 21}}
<!-- '21st' -->
{{ordinalize 29}}
<!-- '29th' -->
{{ordinalize 22}}
<!-- '22nd' -->