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alukach/ordinal_number_translation.py

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ordinal_number_translation.py
from collections import OrderedDict
import inflect
p = inflect.engine()
ORDINAL_NUMBER_MAP = OrderedDict()
for i in range(1, 300): # Highest avenue in New York is 271st
word_form = p.number_to_words(i) # 1 -> 'one'
ordinal_word = p.ordinal(word_form) # 'one' -> 'first'
ordinal_number = p.ordinal(i) # 1 -> '1st'
ORDINAL_NUMBER_MAP[ordinal_word] = ordinal_number # 'first': '1st'
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