Plurals

fbt:plural provides you with a shorthand way for plural variations.

<fbt desc="plural example">

You have

<fbt:plural

count={getLikeCount()}

name="number of likes"

showCount="ifMany"

many="likes">

a like

</fbt:plural>

on your

<fbt:plural

count={getPhotoCount()}

showCount="no">

photo

</fbt:plural>.

</fbt>

OR

fbt(

'You have ' +

fbt.plural('a like', getLikeCount(), {

name: 'number of likes',

showCount: 'ifMany',

many: 'likes',

}) +

' on your ' +

fbt.plural('photo', getPhotoCount()),

'plural example',

);

Both the above examples generate the following during collection.

"phrases": [

{

"hashToLeaf": {

"bae7d2f1abd57d08a9dca0b5d05edee8": {

"text": "You have {number of likes} likes on your photos",

"desc": "plural example",

},

"3306b396e08398f28d921b46039f008c": {

"text": "You have {number of likes} likes on your photo",

"desc": "plural example",

},

"c9e4b5b48f38634ffecaf34956a4b186": {

"text": "You have a like on your photos",

"desc": "plural example",

},

"cb49d6d764ea8aabdca0e9db7f10ba34": {

"text": "You have a like on your photo"

"desc": "plural example",

},

},

"type": "table",

...

}

]

Required arguments:

• singular phrase string: JSX child in <fbt:plural> and argument 1 in fbt.plural
• count number: count in <fbt:plural> and argument 2 in fbt.plural

Optional arguments:

• many string: Represents the plural form of the string in English. Default is {singular} + 's'

• showCount "yes"|"no"|"ifMany": Whether to show the {number} in the string. Note that the singular phrase never has a token, but inlines to 1. This is to account for languages like Hebrew for which showing the actual number isn't appropriate

  • "no": (DEFAULT) Don't show the count
  • "ifMany": Show the count only in plural case
  • "yes": Show the count in all cases

• name string: Name of the token where count shows up. (Default: "number")

• value mixed: For overriding the displayed number