import sys, string as str
words = {
1 : 'one',
2 : 'two',
3 : 'three',
4 : 'four',
5 : 'five',
6 : 'six',
7 : 'seven',
8 : 'eight',
9 : 'nine',
10 : 'ten',
11 : 'eleven',
12 : 'twelve',
13 : 'thirteen',
14 : 'fourteen',
15 : 'fifteen',
16 : 'sixteen',
17 : 'seventeen',
18 : 'eighteen',
19 : 'nineteen'
}
tens = [
'',
'twenty',
'thirty',
'forty',
'fifty',
'sixty',
'seventy',
'eighty',
'ninety',
]
placeholders = [
'',
'thousand',
'million',
'billion',
'trillion',
'quadrillion'
]
# segMag = segment magnitude (starting at 1)
def convertTrio(number):
if int(number) < 100:
return convertDuo(number[1:3])
else:
return ' '.join([ words[int(number[0])], 'hundred', convertDuo(number[1:3]) ])
def convertDuo(number):
#if teens or less
if int(number[0]) <= 1:
return words[int(number)]
#twenty-five
else:
return ''.join([tens[int(number[0]) - 1], '-', words[int(number[1])]])
if __name__ == "__main__":
string = []
numeralSegments = []
numeral = sys.argv[1]
# left-pad number with zeros to make its length a multiple of 3
if len(numeral) % 3 > 0:
numeral = str.zfill( numeral, (3 - (len(numeral) % 3)) + len(numeral) )
# split number into lists, grouped in threes
for i in range (len(numeral), 0, -3):
numeralSegments.append(numeral[i-3:i])
# for every segment, convert to trio word and append thousand, million, etc depending on magnitude
for i in range (len(numeralSegments)):
string.append(convertTrio(numeralSegments[i]) + ' ' + placeholders[i])
# reverse the list of strings before concatenating to commas
string.reverse()
print ', '.join(string)
Diff to Previous Revision
--- revision 2 2008-11-30 19:01:26
+++ revision 3 2012-11-28 19:41:07
@@ -1,23 +1,3 @@
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import sys, string as str
words = {
