lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb in activesupport-3.1.0.beta1 vs lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb in activesupport-3.1.0.rc1

@@ -133,19 +133,21 @@
     # Examples:
     #   ordinalize(1)     # => "1st"
     #   ordinalize(2)     # => "2nd"
     #   ordinalize(1002)  # => "1002nd"
     #   ordinalize(1003)  # => "1003rd"
+    #   ordinalize(-11)   # => "-11th"
+    #   ordinalize(-1021) # => "-1021st"
     def ordinalize(number)
-      if (11..13).include?(number.to_i % 100)
+      if (11..13).include?(number.to_i.abs % 100)
         "#{number}th"
       else
-        case number.to_i % 10
+        case number.to_i.abs % 10
           when 1; "#{number}st"
           when 2; "#{number}nd"
           when 3; "#{number}rd"
           else    "#{number}th"
         end
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end