Translation for Numbers

[SchrodingersCpp]

Hello, @one-kash!

I'm not an expert in coding for Android but got curious regarding translations. What I've noticed that for singular and plural forms, there are different string tags are used. For English this is pretty simple. But there are other languages which have more forms and quite complicated rules:

Quantity	English	Ukrainian	Russian
1	event	подія	событие
2-4	events	події	события
5-20	events	подій	событий
21, 31, 41	events	подія	событие
11, 111, 1111	events	подій	событий

An excerpt from app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml:

<!-- %1$d = number of events -->
<string name="widget_event_count">%1$d event</string>
<string name="widget_events_count">%1$d events</string>

According to this post (and help from AI), the correct structure for singular and plural forms is the following:

<!-- %1$d = number of events -->
<plurals name="widget_event_count">
    <item quantity="one">%1$d event</item>
    <item quantity="other">%1$d events</item>
</plurals>

Kotlin code example:

val count = 21
val message = resources.getQuantityString(
    R.plurals.widget_event_count, // The resource ID
    count,                         // Parameter 1: Selects the plural category (one, few, etc.)
    count                          // Parameter 2: Replaces the %1$d placeholder in the text
)

Thank you!

[one-kash]

moving here for visibility #166

[one-kash]

Hey @SchrodingersCpp, I couldn't stop at the plurals and 67 languages later, here we are.

This is what happens when someone shows up with a great idea. Things get out of hand. You didn't ask for a revolution, but you started one!

[SchrodingersCpp]

You didn't ask for a revolution, but you started one!

@one-kash, my friend, you made my day :) I'll definitely need to remember this saying (or whatever it is).