Plurals

A String extension for generating the plural form of any particular English noun

Usage

1. In your Podfile, include pod Plurals and run pod install. Comment out use_frameworks!, if enabled.
2. At the top of the file where you intend to use the library, include import Plurals
3. "person".plural() //returns "people"

Contribution

If you notice that a rule is missing from this library, please submit a pull request including the regex rule to the library.

• Plural words that do not change when they become plural are stored in the "unchanging" array, sorted alphabetically for clairity
• Rules are applied using Regex
• Each rule is a tuple that lists the detection pattern and then the intended result pattern.
  • Ex: ("(pe)rson$", "$1ople") -> Look for a word that contains the word "people", then convert that part of the word to "people"; "Businessperson".plural() // returns "Businesspeople"
• Rules are (loosly) sorted based on how commonly the rules are applied:
  • Rules that intend to mutate only a few exceptional words are listed first
    • Ex: tooth -> teeth
  • Rules that are generally applied are listed later
    • Ex: adding "es" to words that end in "ch"
• Critiques and comments encouraged, especually if they are bundled with a solution!