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 for more information.

Basic usage

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

"Shrimp".pluralize()
// Shrimps

Pluralize.unchanging("shrimp")

"Shrimp".pluralize()
// Shrimp

Adding Custom Rules: Uncountable

"Water".pluralize()
// Waters

Pluralize.uncountable("water")
"Water".pluralize()
// Water

Adding Custom Rules: New Regex Rule

"Person".pluralize()
// People

Pluralize.rule("(p)erson$", with: "$1ersons")
"Person".pluralize()
// Persons
"Spokesperson".pluralize()
// Spokespersons

Example Regex Rules:

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

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

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.

GitHub

https://github.com/joshualat/Pluralize.swift