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Default Ordinal Numbers

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/ordinal.htm

=A1&IF(AND(MOD(A1,100)=10,MOD(A1,100)<=14),"th",
CHOOSE(MOD(A1,10)+1,"th","st","nd","rd","th","th", "th","th","th","th"))

I like the fact that this formula uses CHOOSE().

But I have a problem with =10 and <=14.

I am more inclined to use =11 and <=13. So I change the formula to the following.

=A1&IF(AND(MOD(A1,100)=11,MOD(A1,100)<=13),"th",
CHOOSE(MOD(A1,10)+1,"th","st","nd","rd","th","th", "th","th","th","th"))

It works fine and makes me feel *logical*.

Does anyone see any reason why I shouldn't change to 11 and 13 respectively?

Thanks.

Epinn