inflectNoun

Returns the inflected form of a noun.

Parameters

WORD (string)
The input noun.
COUNT (string or number)
The input count. Specify singular or plural, or enter a number.

Notes

The function can handle most multi-word noun phrases.
Spaces or hyphens in the input noun are replicated in the output.
The most common input to COUNT is an ATL expression that returns a number.

Examples

ATL in Script	Result
`[[inflectNoun('whiskies', 'singular')]]`	whisky
`[[inflectNoun('whisky', 'plural')]]`	whiskies
`[[inflectNoun('whiskies', 1)]]`	whisky
`[[inflectNoun('whisky', 12)]]`	whiskies
`[[inflectNoun('whisky', 0)]]`	whiskies

Note

The noun is returned in plural form when COUNT = 0.

The function can handle most multi-word noun phrases.

ATL in Script	Result
`[[inflectNoun('single malt whiskies', 'singular')]]`	single malt whisky
`[[inflectNoun('single malt whisky', 'plural')]]`	single malt whiskies
`[[inflectNoun('line-of-business', 'plural')]]`	lines-of-business

Using an ATL expression in the COUNT parameter

The examples so far have specified singular or plural, or given a number. However, the most common input to the COUNT parameter is an ATL expression — e.g. a variable or function call — that returns a number.

Assume a "Describe Each Row" project with this data:

	Code	Product	UnitsSold	Target
Row 1	1001	Balblair	1	2
Row 2	1002	Laphroaig	4	3
Row 3	1003	Rosebank	0	2

In this example the input to the COUNT parameter is the UnitsSold variable:

We sold [[numToWords(UnitsSold,'','','no')]] [[inflectNoun('unit', UnitsSold)]] of [[Product]].

The results for each row are:

Row 1 Result	Row 2 Result	Row 3 Result
We sold one unit of Balblair.	We sold four units of Laphroaig.	We sold no units of Rosebank.