R: Indefinite Article Preceding A Number

articlebeforenumber {spatstat.utils} | R Documentation

## Indefinite Article Preceding A Number

### Description

Determines the indefinite article (an or `a`) which should precede a given number, if the number is read out in English.

### Usage

    articlebeforenumber(k)

### Arguments

`k` | A single integer.

### Details

This function applies the rule that, if the English word for the number `k` begins with a vowel, then it should be preceded by `an`, and otherwise by `a`.

### Value

One of the character strings `"an"` or `"a"`.

### Author(s)

Adrian Baddeley Adrian.Baddeley@curtin.edu.au.

### See Also

`ordinal`

### Examples

      f <- function(k) cat(paste(articlebeforenumber(k),
                           paste0(k, "-fold"),
                           "increase\n"))
      f(8)
      f(18)
      f(28)

[Package spatstat.utils version 2.3-1 Index]