Say we have some I18n text that tells users how many notifications they have. One option for dealing with a singular vs plural situation would look like this:
# config/locales/en.yml
en:
single_notification: You have 1 notification
other_notification_count: You have %{count} notifications
<%# app/views/notifications/index.html.erb %>
<% if current_user.notifications.count == 1 %>
<%= t("single_notification") %>
<% else %>
<%= t("other_notification_count", count: current_user.notifications.count) %>
<% end %>
Kind of ugly, right? Luckily, Rails provides a simple way to deal with pluralization in translations. Let’s try it out:
# config/locales/en.yml
en:
notification:
one: You have 1 notification
other: You have %{count} notifications
<%# app/views/notifications/index.html.erb %>
<%= t("notification", count: current_user.notifications.count) %>
Same result, and no conditionals in our views. Awesome.
