Provides a function #nth() which takes a number and returns it suffixed by an english ordinal.

This package is named after the nth LaTeX macro by Donald Arseneau.

Usage

Include this line in your document to import the package.

#import "@preview/nth:0.1.0": nth

Then, you can use #nth() to markup ordinal numbers in your document.

For example, writing #nth(1) shows 1^st,
#nth(2) shows 2^nd,
#nth(3) shows 3^rd,
#nth(4) shows 4^th,
and #nth(11) shows 11^th.

Content

This is a very simple package.

#let nth(ordinal-num) = {
  let ordinal-str = str(ordinal-num)
  if ordinal-str.ends-with(regex("1[0-9]")) {
    show: ordinal-str + super("th")
  }
  else if ordinal-str.last() == "1" {
    show: ordinal-str + super("st")
  }
  else if ordinal-str.last() == "2" {
    show: ordinal-str + super("nd")
  }
  else if ordinal-str.last() == "3" {
    show: ordinal-str + super("rd")
  }
  else {
    show: ordinal-str + super("th")
  }
}

TODO

• Pass argument to choose whether or not to put ordinals in superscript.