From ec48227a1f00cf2b00298d8189f1265daaa447d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2021 12:20:54 -0500
Subject: refactor: a plural helper

---
 coverage/misc.py | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

(limited to 'coverage/misc.py')

diff --git a/coverage/misc.py b/coverage/misc.py
index fa09f890..5b62fb4e 100644
--- a/coverage/misc.py
+++ b/coverage/misc.py
@@ -415,3 +415,14 @@ def human_sorted_items(items, reverse=False):
     Returns the sorted list of items.
     """
     return sorted(items, key=lambda pair: (human_key(pair[0]), pair[1]), reverse=reverse)
+
+
+def plural(n, thing="", things=""):
+    """Pluralize a word.
+
+    If n is 1, return thing.  Otherwise return things, or thing+s.
+    """
+    if n == 1:
+        return thing
+    else:
+        return things or (thing + "s")
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