# ordinalize an integer, whether positive or negative
create or replace function ordinalize(x) as (
  x::VARCHAR
  || ''''
  || if( 11 <= (abs(x) % 100) and (abs(x) % 100) <= 13, 'th',
          case abs(x) % 10
               when 1 then 'st'
               when 2 then 'nd'
               when 3 then 'rd'
               else        'th'
          end)
);

create or replace function task(lst) as (
 select list_transform(lst, ix -> ordinalize(ix))
 .array_to_string(' ')
);

## Examples
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select task(range(-5, -1));
select task(range(0,26));
select task(range(250,266));
select task(range(1000,1026));