require 'delegate'

An integer represented as an ordinal number (1st, 2nd, 3rd...), as
opposed to a cardinal number (1, 2, 3...) Generated by the
DelegateClass to have all the methods of the Fixnum class.

class OrdinalNumber < DelegateClass(Fixnum)
  def to_s
    delegate_s = __getobj__.to_s
    check = abs
    if check == 11 or check == 12
      suffix = "th"
    else
      case check % 10
      when 1 then suffix = "st"
      when 2 then suffix = "nd"
      else suffix = "th"
      end
    end
    delegate_s + suffix
  end
end
4.to_s

OrdinalNumber.new(4).to_s

OrdinalNumber.new(102).to_s

OrdinalNumber.new(11).to_s

OrdinalNumber.new(-21).to_s

OrdinalNumber.new(5).succ

OrdinalNumber.new(5) + 6

OrdinalNumber.new(5) + OrdinalNumber.new(6)

require 'forwardable'
class AppendOnlyArray
  extend Forwardable
  def initialize
    @array = []
  end
  def_delegator :@array, :<<
end
a = AppendOnlyArray.new
a << 4
a << 5
a.size

NoMethodError: undefined method `size' for #<AppendOnlyArray:0xb7bf56f4 @array=[4, 5]>
...

NoMethodError: undefined method `size' for #<AppendOnlyArray:0xb7bf56f4 @array=[4, 5]>
	from (irb):37

class RandomAccessHash 
  extend Forwardable
  def initialize
    @delegate_to = {}
  end
  def_delegators :@delegate_to, :[], "[]="
end
balances_by_account_number = RandomAccessHash.new

Load balances from a database or something.

balances_by_account_number["101240A"] = 412.60
balances_by_account_number["104918J"] = 10339.94
balances_by_account_number["108826N"] = 293.01
balances_by_account_number["104918J"]

balances_by_account_number.each do |number, balance|
  puts "I now know the balance for account #{number}: it's #{balance}"
end

NoMethodError: undefined method `each' for #<RandomAccessHash:0xb7be7298>
...

NoMethodError: undefined method `each' for #<RandomAccessHash:0xb7be7298>
	from (irb):50