object Nth extends App { def abbrevNumber(i: Int) = print(s"$i${ordinalAbbrev(i)} ") def ordinalAbbrev(n: Int) = { val ans = "th" //most of the time it should be "th" if (n % 100 / 10 == 1) ans //teens are all "th" else (n % 10) match { case 1 => "st" case 2 => "nd" case 3 => "rd" case _ => ans } } (0 to 25).foreach(abbrevNumber) println() (250 to 265).foreach(abbrevNumber) println(); (1000 to 1025).foreach(abbrevNumber) }