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Great Swift String Pluralize Extension
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Great Swift String Pluralize Extension

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Pluralize.swift

===============



Great Swift String Pluralize Extension



- case-insensitive

- tons of rules for irregular nouns (plural form)

- supports uncountable nouns

- allows dynamic addition of rules



Read [this post](http://joshualat.com/posts/pluralize-swift/) for more information.



Basic usage

-----------

~~~ swift

import Pluralize



"Person".pluralize()

// People



"Wolf".pluralize(count: 1)

// Wolf



"Person".pluralize(with: "Persons")

// Persons

~~~



Examples

-------------------------

| Irregular Nouns          |               | Always Singular in Form   |                  |

| ------------------------ | ------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------- |

| "Amnesty".pluralize()    | Amnesties     | "Coffee".pluralize()      | Coffee           |

| "Dwarf".pluralize()      | Dwarves       | "Compassion".pluralize()  | Compassion       |

| "Hypothesis".pluralize() | Hypotheses    | "Deer".pluralize()        | Deer             |

| "Oasis".pluralize()      | Oases         | "Food".pluralize()        | Food             |

| "Scarf".pluralize()      | Scarves       | "Happiness".pluralize()   | Happiness        |

| "Tableau".pluralize()    | Tableaux      | "Species".pluralize()     | Species          |

| "Vertebra".pluralize()   | Vertebrae     | "Stuff".pluralize()       | Stuff            |



Adding Custom Rules: Singular = Plural

--------------------------------------

~~~ swift

"Shrimp".pluralize()

// Shrimps



Pluralize.unchanging("shrimp")



"Shrimp".pluralize()

// Shrimp

~~~



Adding Custom Rules: Uncountable

--------------------------------

~~~ swift

"Water".pluralize()

// Waters



Pluralize.uncountable("water")

"Water".pluralize()

// Water

~~~



Adding Custom Rules: New Regex Rule

-----------------------------------

~~~ swift

"Person".pluralize()

// People



Pluralize.rule("(p)erson$", with: "$1ersons")

"Person".pluralize()

// Persons

"Spokesperson".pluralize()

// Spokespersons

~~~



Example Regex Rules:

--------------------

~~~ swift

Pluralize.rule("(criteri|phenomen)on$", with:"$1a")

Pluralize.rule("(potat|tomat|volcan)o$", with:"$1oes")

Pluralize.rule("^(|wo|work)man$", with: "$1men")

Pluralize.rule("(f)oot$", with: "$1eet")

Pluralize.rule("lf$", with: "$1lves")

Pluralize.rule("(t)ooth$", with: "$1eeth")

Pluralize.rule("(g)oose$", with: "$1eese")

Pluralize.rule("^(c)hild$", with: "$1hildren")

Pluralize.rule("^(o)x$", with: "$1xen")

~~~



Adding Custom Rules: Whole Words

--------------------

~~~ swift

Pluralize.rule("were", with: "was")

~~~



Installation

------------



**Cocoapods**



pod 'Pluralize.swift'



in code then



import Pluralize_swift



**Manual Installation**



 1. _git clone https://github.com/joshualat/Pluralize.swift.git_ inside your project folder

 2. Drag the **Pluralize.xcodeproj** file into the file navigator of your project.

 3. Ensure that the deployment target of **Pluralize.framework** matches that of the application target.

 4. In your target’s **Build Phases**, add **Pluralize**

    to the **Target Dependencies** build phase.

 5. Add the appropriate **Pluralize.framework** product to the

    **Link Binary With Libraries** build phase.

 6. Add the same **Pluralize.framework** to a **Copy Files** build phase with a

    **Frameworks** destination.



License

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Copyright (c) 2014 Joshua Arvin Lat



MIT License



Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining

a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the

"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including

without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,

distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to

permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to

the following conditions:



The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be

included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.



THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,

EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF

MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND

NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE

LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION

OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION

WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.