.. _functx_ordinal-number-en:

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functx:ordinal-number-en
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Reformats a number as an ordinal number, e.g. 1st, 2nd, 3rd.

Description
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The functx:ordinal-number-en function returns the corresponding ordinal number 
(in English) of $num. For example, if $num is 245, it will return "245th".

The $num argument must have the type xs:integer(or an untyped value that can be 
cast to xs:integer), or an error is raised.

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   * - **Parameters**
     - **Description**
   * - num:integer()
     - the number

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - functx:ordinal-number-en(1)
     - 1st
   * - functx:ordinal-number-en(12)
     - 12th