September 2017 Update

Task/Nth/BaCon/nth.bacon

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+' Nth (sans apostrophes)
+FUNCTION nth$(NUMBER n) TYPE STRING
+    LOCAL suffix
+    IF n < 0 THEN RETURN STR$(n)
+    IF MOD(n, 100) >= 11 AND MOD(n, 100) <= 13 THEN
+        suffix = "th"
+    ELSE
+        suffix = MID$("thstndrdthththththth", MOD(n, 10) * 2 + 1, 2)
+    ENDIF
+    RETURN CONCAT$(STR$(n), suffix)
+END FUNCTION
+
+' Test a few ranges
+FOR i = 1 TO 4
+    READ first, last
+    per = 1
+    FOR n = first TO last
+        PRINT nth$(n) FORMAT "%s "
+        ' limit to 10 entries per line
+        IF per = 10 OR n = last THEN
+            per = 1
+            PRINT
+        ELSE
+            INCR per
+        ENDIF
+    NEXT
+NEXT
+DATA 0, 25, 250, 265, 1000, 1025, -20, -11