Cardinalities
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CARDINALITY_ONE
Matches
n = 1Example Integers:
1Example Decimals:
1.0, 1.00, 1.000, 1.0000 -
CARDINALITY_OTHER
Matches
all other valuesExample Integers:
0, 2, 16, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000, …Example Decimals:
0.0, 0.9, 1.1, 1.6, 10.0, 100.0, 1000.0, 10000.0, 100000.0, 1000000.0, …
Cardinality example
This localized strings example uses complete, page-local CLDR minimal-pair patterns to demonstrate every Cardinality category defined for the locale. Minimal-pair text contrasts grammatical forms; it is language-reference data, not reusable application copy.
Source: Unicode CLDR 48.2 hu locale data.
Sample localized strings file
{ "Cardinality.MinimalPair": { "commentary": "Demonstrates every CLDR cardinal category defined for this locale.", "translation": "{{cardinalityExample}}", "placeholders": { "cardinalityExample": { "value": "cardinalityValue", "translations": { "CARDINALITY_ONE": "A kosár tartalma: {{formattedCardinalityValue}} X. Megveszi?", "CARDINALITY_OTHER": "A kosár tartalma: {{formattedCardinalityValue}} X. Megveszi őket?" } } } } }
Usage and expected results
The Java code passes each raw number for cardinality selection and formats its display value separately with NumberFormat.
Locale locale = Locale.forLanguageTag("hu"); Strings strings = Strings.withFallbackLocale(locale) .localizedStringSupplier(() -> LocalizedStringLoader.loadFromFilesystem(Paths.get("strings"))) .localeSupplier((matcher) -> matcher.bestMatchFor(locale)) .build(); NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(locale); // Raw numbers select language forms; NumberFormat produces the display values // CARDINALITY_ONE Number oneCardinalityValue = 1; String oneFormattedCardinalityValue = numberFormat.format(oneCardinalityValue); assertEquals(Cardinality.ONE, Cardinality.forNumber(oneCardinalityValue, locale)); // Expected: A kosár tartalma: 1 X. Megveszi? assertEquals("A kosár tartalma: " + oneFormattedCardinalityValue + " X. Megveszi?", strings.get( "Cardinality.MinimalPair", Map.of( "cardinalityValue", oneCardinalityValue, "formattedCardinalityValue", oneFormattedCardinalityValue ) )); // CARDINALITY_OTHER Number otherCardinalityValue = 0; String otherFormattedCardinalityValue = numberFormat.format(otherCardinalityValue); assertEquals(Cardinality.OTHER, Cardinality.forNumber(otherCardinalityValue, locale)); // Expected: A kosár tartalma: 0 X. Megveszi őket? assertEquals("A kosár tartalma: " + otherFormattedCardinalityValue + " X. Megveszi őket?", strings.get( "Cardinality.MinimalPair", Map.of( "cardinalityValue", otherCardinalityValue, "formattedCardinalityValue", otherFormattedCardinalityValue ) ));
Cardinality Ranges
These are CLDR's explicit range mappings. For any start/end pair not listed, Cardinality.forRange(...) falls back to the ending cardinality.
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CARDINALITY_ONE - CARDINALITY_OTHER
Matches
CARDINALITY_OTHER -
CARDINALITY_OTHER - CARDINALITY_ONE
Matches
CARDINALITY_ONE -
CARDINALITY_OTHER - CARDINALITY_OTHER
Matches
CARDINALITY_OTHER
Ordinalities
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ORDINALITY_ONE
Matches
n = 1,5Example Integers:
1, 5 -
ORDINALITY_OTHER
Matches
all other valuesExample Integers:
0, 2, 4, 6, 17, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000, …
Ordinality example
This localized strings example uses complete CLDR minimal-pair patterns to demonstrate every Ordinality category defined for the locale.
Source: Unicode CLDR 48.2 hu locale data.
Sample localized strings file
{ "Ordinal.MinimalPair": { "commentary": "Demonstrates every CLDR ordinal category defined for this locale.", "translation": "{{ordinalExample}}", "placeholders": { "ordinalExample": { "value": "ordinalValue", "translations": { "ORDINALITY_ONE": "Az {{formattedOrdinalValue}}. lehetőségnél forduljon jobbra.", "ORDINALITY_OTHER": "A {{formattedOrdinalValue}}. lehetőségnél forduljon jobbra." } } } } }
Usage and expected results
The Java code passes each raw number to Ordinality.forNumber(...) and formats its display value separately with NumberFormat.
Locale locale = Locale.forLanguageTag("hu"); Strings strings = Strings.withFallbackLocale(locale) .localizedStringSupplier(() -> LocalizedStringLoader.loadFromFilesystem(Paths.get("strings"))) .localeSupplier((matcher) -> matcher.bestMatchFor(locale)) .build(); NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(locale); // Raw numbers select language forms; NumberFormat produces the display values // ORDINALITY_ONE Number oneOrdinalValue = 1; String oneFormattedOrdinalValue = numberFormat.format(oneOrdinalValue); assertEquals(Ordinality.ONE, Ordinality.forNumber(oneOrdinalValue, locale)); // Expected: Az 1. lehetőségnél forduljon jobbra. assertEquals("Az " + oneFormattedOrdinalValue + ". lehetőségnél forduljon jobbra.", strings.get( "Ordinal.MinimalPair", Map.of("ordinalValue", oneOrdinalValue, "formattedOrdinalValue", oneFormattedOrdinalValue) )); // ORDINALITY_OTHER Number otherOrdinalValue = 2; String otherFormattedOrdinalValue = numberFormat.format(otherOrdinalValue); assertEquals(Ordinality.OTHER, Ordinality.forNumber(otherOrdinalValue, locale)); // Expected: A 2. lehetőségnél forduljon jobbra. assertEquals("A " + otherFormattedOrdinalValue + ". lehetőségnél forduljon jobbra.", strings.get( "Ordinal.MinimalPair", Map.of("ordinalValue", otherOrdinalValue, "formattedOrdinalValue", otherFormattedOrdinalValue) ));
Addendum: Language Form Rules
The language form expressions above are specified by Unicode Technical Standard #35 and use the following notation:
nabsolute value of the source number (integer and decimals)iinteger digits ofnvnumber of visible fraction digits inn, with trailing zeroswnumber of visible fraction digits inn, without trailing zerosfvisible fractional digits inn, with trailing zerostvisible fractional digits inn, without trailing zerosc/ecompact decimal exponent operands used by some CLDR compact-number rules