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function ordinalInWord( cardinal ) {
var ordinals = [ 'zeroth', 'first', 'second', 'third' /* and so on up to "twentieth" */ ];
var tens = {
20: 'twenty',
30: 'thirty',
40: 'forty' /* and so on */
};
var ordinalTens = {
30: 'thirtieth',
40: 'fortieth',
50: 'fiftieth'
};
if( cardinal <= 20 ) {
return ordinals[ cardinal ];
}
if( cardinal % 10 === 0 ) {
return ordinalTens[ cardinal ];
}
return tens[ cardinal - ( cardinal % 10 ) ] + ordinals[ cardinal % 10 ];
}
console.log( ordinalInWord( 1 ) );
console.log( ordinalInWord( 2 ) );
console.log( ordinalInWord( 30 ) );
console.log( ordinalInWord( 40 ) );
console.log( ordinalInWord( 22 ) );
console.log( ordinalInWord( 41 ) );