/**
 * This is a utility class for text processing domains,
 * created by John Summers in July 2016.
 */

public class SNSUtility {

    /**                                                                             
     *  This is the Summers' number stemmer                                         
     *  @param i determines suffix (th,st,nd,rd)                                    
     *  @return th,st,nd or rd                                                      
     */
    public String sNS(int i) {
	int l = String.valueOf(i).length();

	if(l == 1) {
	    l = i;
	}//closes if
        else {
	    l = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(i).substring(l-2,l));
	}//closes else
    
        if(l <= 20) {
	    if(l == 1)
	        return "st";
	else if(l == 2)
	    return "nd";
	else if(l == 3)
	    return "rd";
	else
	    return "th";

        }//closes if
        else {
	    l = l % 10;
	    if(l == 1)
	        return "st";
	    else if(l == 2)
	        return "nd";
	    else if(l == 3)
	        return "rd";
	    else
	        return "th";
        }//closes else
    }//closes sNS method
}//closes SNSUtility class