From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.esat.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc1.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader3.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: easy plural formatting question References: Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3217091140111702@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:25:41 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader3.kpnqwest.net 1008102341 193.71.66.49 (Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:25:41 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:25:41 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:22228 * Myriam Abramson | How do I form the plural of "inch" to "inches"? (dotimes (inches 5) (format t "~&~D inch~:*~[es~;~:;es~]" inches)) 0 inches 1 inch 2 inches 3 inches 4 inches /// -- The past is not more important than the future, despite what your culture has taught you. Your future observations, conclusions, and beliefs are more important to you than those in your past ever will be. The world is changing so fast the balance between the past and the future has shifted.