The following information provides you with a technical description of the ordinals field functionality. For further information on the functionality itself, please have a look at this article.
This is how the function looks like:
The below table describes what happens behind the scenes. The left column contains a structure chart that visualizes the procedure. The two columns on the right contain examples that run parallel to the structure chart and intend to help to understand the algorithm.
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SET date field to internal variable “day” with the formatting “d” |
Example “createdon” with the value “11/24/2016” and the switch formatting d results in “24” |
Example “createdon” with the value “11/3/2016” and the switch formatting d results in “3” |
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SHOW day |
24 |
3 |
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SET the helper variable “goon” to 0 |
“goon” is 0 |
“goon” is 0 |
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CALCULATE the module of day by 100 and store the result in variable “result1” |
“result1” is 24 |
“result1” is 3 |
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CALCULATE the module of day by 10 and store the result in variable “result2” |
“result2” is 4 |
“result2” is 3 |
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IS “result1” equal “11” |
No |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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Print “th” |
IS “result1” equal “12” |
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Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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Print “th” |
IS “result1” equal “13” |
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Yes |
No |
“goon” is 1 |
“goon” is 1 |
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Print „th” |
SET the helper variable “goon” to 1 |
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IF “goon” is equal to “1” |
Yes |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Nothing |
IS “result2” equal “1” |
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Yes |
No |
Nothing |
Nothing |
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Print „st” |
Nothing |
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IS “result2” equal “2” |
No |
No |
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Yes |
No |
Nothing |
Nothing |
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Print „nd” |
Nothing |
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IS “result2” equal “3” |
No |
Yes |
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Yes |
No |
Nothing |
Print “rd” |
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Print „rd” |
Noting |
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IS “result2” higher than “3” |
Yes |
No |
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Yes |
No |
Print “th” |
Nothing |
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Print „th” |
Nothing |
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