Function: ngettext

ngettext is a function defined in editfns.c.

Signature

(ngettext MSGID MSGID-PLURAL N)

Documentation

Return the translation of MSGID (plural MSGID-PLURAL) depending on N.

MSGID is the singular form of the string to be converted; use it as the key for the search in the translation catalog. MSGID-PLURAL is the plural form. Use N to select the proper translation. If no message catalog is found, MSGID is returned if N is equal to 1, otherwise MSGID-PLURAL.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 27.1.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/editfns.c
{
  CHECK_STRING (msgid);
  CHECK_STRING (msgid_plural);
  CHECK_INTEGER (n);

  /* Placeholder implementation until we get our act together.  */
  return EQ (n, make_fixnum (1)) ? msgid : msgid_plural;
}