convert string ordinals to integer

[phyrtech]

I have done some searching and there may well be no solution for what I'm doing.

I am attempting to (in a general manner) convert ordinal strings (first, second, third, forth, etc.) into integers. Something akin to:

Ordinal.Parse("first") would yield 1 as an integer type.

Does this functionality exist in the .NET framework or do I need to role my own?

Thanks in advance.

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[AlexCuse]

You'll probably need to roll your own. You could make your life much easier by representing as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th .. 9th

Here's an integer to word implementation:

http://weblogs.asp.net/Justin_Rogers/archive/2004/06/09/151675.aspx

I suspect that the reverse would be much harder to implement though, and then become more difficult still as you throw ordinal definition into the mix.

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