Java String Pluralize pluralize(String singularNoun)

Description

pluralize

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String pluralize(String singularNoun) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    public static String pluralize(String singularNoun) {
        String pluralNoun;
        if (singularNoun.endsWith("y") && !singularNoun.endsWith("ay") && !singularNoun.endsWith("ey")
                && !singularNoun.endsWith("oy")) {
            pluralNoun = singularNoun.substring(0, singularNoun.length() - 1) + "ies";
        } else if (!singularNoun.endsWith("s")) {
            pluralNoun = singularNoun + "s";
        } else {
            pluralNoun = singularNoun;
        }
        return pluralNoun;
    }
}

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