---
name: "BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber"
type: function
status: ok
groups: ["Strings"]
arma3_since: "1.00"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber
revid: 330766
updated: 2022-11-01T15:47:05Z
---

# BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber

*Function · Strings · Arma 3 v1.00*

## Description

Return number as ordinal number (e.g. 1 become "1st")

## Syntax

```sqf
[number, language, isFeminine] call BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber
```

**Parameters:**

- `number`: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- `language`: [String](../topics/String.md) - (Optional, current game [language](../commands/language.md))
- `isFeminine`: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md) - (Optional, default [false](../commands/false.md))

**Returns:** [String](../topics/String.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
private _second = [42] call BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber; // will return "42nd" for English-speaking players
```

### Example 2

```sqf
private _num1enm = [1, "English", false] call BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber;    // returns "1st"
_num1frm = [1, "French",  false] call BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber;            // returns "1er"
_num1frw = [1, "French",   true] call BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber;            // returns "1re"
_num1esm = [1, "Spanish", false] call BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber;            // returns "1"
_num1esw = [1, "Spanish",  true] call BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber;            // returns "1*" for Portuguese, Italian and Spanish
```

### Example 3

```sqf
private _num1en = [1, "English"] call BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber;            // returns "1st"
_num2en = [2, "English"] call BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber;                    // returns "2nd"
_num3en = [3, "English"] call BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber;                    // returns "3rd"
_num4en = [4, "English"] call BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber;                    // returns "4th"
_num9en = [9, "English"] call BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber;                    // returns "9th"
```

### Example 4

```sqf
private _second = [1, "unknownLanguage"] call BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber; // will return "1." if language is not recognised/supported
```

## See also

[language](../commands/language.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — BIS fnc ordinalNumber](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_ordinalNumber) (revision 330766).</sub>