and James Kanjo (for improving it).
Description
One of those pestering little problems with ListPages is the idea that when using some of the variables like %%comments%% along with its respective word like "comments", the word doesn't automatically flip from singular to plural when it goes from one comment to two comments.
For instance, let us say you have this code:
[[module ListPages ...]]
%%title_linked%%:
%%comments%% Comments
----
[[/module]]
Even if the page only has one comment, you get the annoying "1 Comments". A small problem, but also a bit of a thorn in the side.
This little snippet and CSI will enable you to easily cause the word to automatically switch from singular to plural depending on the variable's value!
Syntax
| Attribute | Required? | Allowed Values | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| variable | Yes | A ListPages variable with a numeric output, such as %%comments%% | none | This is the variable you want to be analyzed for plurality |
| singular | Yes | The singular form of a word | none | This is the word for singularity or plurality to be applied to. |
| plural | No | The plural form of the word | none | This is only necessary for irregular English words like "person/people" or "city/cities" as opposed to "comment/comments" or "revision/revisions" |
Note that for this to work, you must define two separate includes:
The following goes on the bottom of the entire page:
[[include :snippets:sp-css]]
This code is used every time you need the plurality check. This is described further below:
[[include :snippets:sp |variable= |singular= ]]
Code
This code shows the source for the below example.
[[module ListPages category="code" limit="1"]]
[[include :snippets:sp |variable=%%total_or_limit%% |singular=page]]
or
[[include :snippets:sp |variable=%%total_or_limit%% |singular=person |plural=people]]
[[/module]]
----
[[module ListPages category="code" limit="2"]]
[[include :snippets:sp |variable=%%total_or_limit%% |singular=page]]
or
[[include :snippets:sp |variable=%%total_or_limit%% |singular=person |plural=people]]
----
[[/module]]
[[include :snippets:sp-css]]
In action
or
1 personpeople
2 pages
or
2 personpeople
2 pages
or
2 personpeople
Notes
You can also use this code inline with a few extra characters:
[[module ListPages category="code" limit="1"]]
Currently, \
[[include :snippets:sp |variable=%%total_or_limit%% |singular=page is |plural=pages are]]
[!----] being displayed.
[[/module]]
Which produces:
Currently, 1 page ispages are being displayed.
If you place the following CSS code in your master CSS, then you should never need to use the sp-css include (the one that would normally go on the bottom of the page):
@import url(http://snippets.wdfiles.com/local--code/sp-css-import);
Thanks to tsangk for this great snippet: conditional-blocks
text above inserted with:
[[include :snippets:if START |unique=1|type=equal|var1=%%name%%|var2=conditional-blocks]]
**##red|Thanks to tsangk for this great snippet:##** [[[code:conditional-blocks]]]
[[include :snippets:if END]]
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