Writing out numbers in words...

[TheVig]

I am working out a program to automatically write checks...I am hung up on getting numbers to become the words...

i.e.

"$512.96" would become "Five-Hundred Twelve and 96/100 Dollars"


There's probably a simple way to do this right?

Thanks,
Jimmy Vig

[Gintaras]

This function converts 1 digit in string.
Function NumberToWord

Code:

Copy      Help

;/
function# $number str&_word

;number - string that begins with character '0' - '9'.
;_word - str variable that receives word "One" - "Nine".

_word.fix(0)
if(!number) ret
int i=number[0]-'0'
if(i<0 or i>9) ret
_word.getl("Zero[]One[]Two[]Three[]Four[]Five[]Six[]Seven[]Eith[]Nine" i)
ret 1

Macro

Code:

Copy      Help

str s="0123456789"
int i
for i 0 s.len
,str sw
,NumberToWord s+i sw
,out sw
,

Converting to "Twelve", "Twenty thousands" etc would be difficult.

[Time_Runner]

Vary good but what about the "$",",","."

[Gintaras]

I found Visual Basic function SpellNumber here: http://www.ozgrid.com/VBA/ValueToWords.htm
Instead of converting it to QM I converted it to VBScript to use with QM VBScript functions. Just removed several "As String", several empty lines, and replaced Val to CLng. Works but needs more testing.

Function SpellNumber

Code:

Copy      Help

function str'number str&words

;Converts numeric currency to words.
;Error if number is invalid.
;number may begin or end with $, and may contain ,.

;EXAMPLES
;str sw
;SpellNumber 50845212.57 sw
;out sw
;SpellNumber "$2,512.96" sw
;out sw


number.trim("$ ")
number.findreplace(",")
int-- t_codeadded; if(!t_codeadded) t_codeadded=1; VbsAddCode "SpellNumberVbCode" 1
words=VbsFunc("SpellNumber" number)
err end _error
words.findreplace("  " " ")

Macro SpellNumberVbCode
note: paste without ;, or will not work

Code:

Copy      Help

;Option Explicit
;
;'****************
;' Main Function *
;'****************
;
;Function SpellNumber(ByVal MyNumber)
;;;;;Dim Dollars, Cents, Temp
;;;;;Dim DecimalPlace, Count
;
;;;;;ReDim Place(9)
;;;;;Place(2) = " Thousand "
;;;;;Place(3) = " Million "
;;;;;Place(4) = " Billion "
;;;;;Place(5) = " Trillion "
;
;;;;;' String representation of amount.
;;;;;MyNumber = Trim(MyNumber)
;
;;;;;' Position of decimal place 0 if none.
;;;;;DecimalPlace = InStr(MyNumber, ".")
;;;;;' Convert cents and set MyNumber to dollar amount.
;;;;;If DecimalPlace > 0 Then
;;;;;;;;;Cents = GetTens(Left(Mid(MyNumber, DecimalPlace + 1) & _
;;;;;;;;;;;;;"00", 2))
;;;;;;;;;MyNumber = Trim(Left(MyNumber, DecimalPlace - 1))
;;;;;End If
;
;;;;;Count = 1
;;;;;Do While MyNumber <> ""
;;;;;;;;;Temp = GetHundreds(Right(MyNumber, 3))
;;;;;;;;;If Temp <> "" Then Dollars = Temp & Place(Count) & Dollars
;;;;;;;;;If Len(MyNumber) > 3 Then
;;;;;;;;;;;;;MyNumber = Left(MyNumber, Len(MyNumber) - 3)
;;;;;;;;;Else
;;;;;;;;;;;;;MyNumber = ""
;;;;;;;;;End If
;;;;;;;;;Count = Count + 1
;;;;;Loop
;
;;;;;Select Case Dollars
;;;;;;;;;Case ""
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Dollars = "No Dollars"
;;;;;;;;;Case "One"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Dollars = "One Dollar"
;;;;;;;;;Case Else
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Dollars = Dollars & " Dollars"
;;;;;End Select
;
;;;;;Select Case Cents
;;;;;;;;;Case ""
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Cents = " and No Cents"
;;;;;;;;;Case "One"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Cents = " and One Cent"
;;;;;;;;;Case Else
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Cents = " and " & Cents & " Cents"
;;;;;End Select
;
;;;;;SpellNumber = Dollars & Cents
;End Function
;
;
;
;'*******************************************
;' Converts a number from 100-999 into text *
;'*******************************************
;
;Function GetHundreds(ByVal MyNumber)
;;;;;Dim Result
;
;;;;;If CLng(MyNumber) = 0 Then Exit Function
;;;;;MyNumber = Right("000" & MyNumber, 3)
;
;;;;;' Convert the hundreds place.
;;;;;If Mid(MyNumber, 1, 1) <> "0" Then
;;;;;;;;;Result = GetDigit(Mid(MyNumber, 1, 1)) & " Hundred "
;;;;;End If
;
;;;;;' Convert the tens and ones place.
;;;;;If Mid(MyNumber, 2, 1) <> "0" Then
;;;;;;;;;Result = Result & GetTens(Mid(MyNumber, 2))
;;;;;Else
;;;;;;;;;Result = Result & GetDigit(Mid(MyNumber, 3))
;;;;;End If
;
;;;;;GetHundreds = Result
;End Function
;
;
;
;'*********************************************
;' Converts a number from 10 to 99 into text. *
;'*********************************************
;
;;;;;;Function GetTens(TensText)
;;;;;Dim Result
;
;;;;;Result = ""           ' Null out the temporary function value.
;;;;;If CLng(Left(TensText, 1)) = 1 Then   ' If value between 10-19...
;;;;;;;;;Select Case CLng(TensText)
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 10: Result = "Ten"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 11: Result = "Eleven"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 12: Result = "Twelve"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 13: Result = "Thirteen"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 14: Result = "Fourteen"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 15: Result = "Fifteen"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 16: Result = "Sixteen"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 17: Result = "Seventeen"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 18: Result = "Eighteen"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 19: Result = "Nineteen"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case Else
;;;;;;;;;End Select
;;;;;Else                                 ' If value between 20-99...
;;;;;;;;;Select Case CLng(Left(TensText, 1))
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 2: Result = "Twenty "
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 3: Result = "Thirty "
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 4: Result = "Forty "
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 5: Result = "Fifty "
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 6: Result = "Sixty "
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 7: Result = "Seventy "
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 8: Result = "Eighty "
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 9: Result = "Ninety "
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case Else
;;;;;;;;;End Select
;;;;;;;;;Result = Result & GetDigit _
;;;;;;;;;;;;;(Right(TensText, 1))  ' Retrieve ones place.
;;;;;End If
;;;;;GetTens = Result
;End Function
;
;
;
;
;'*******************************************
;' Converts a number from 1 to 9 into text. *
;'*******************************************
;
;Function GetDigit(Digit)
;;;;;Select Case CLng(Digit)
;;;;;;;;;Case 1: GetDigit = "One"
;;;;;;;;;Case 2: GetDigit = "Two"
;;;;;;;;;Case 3: GetDigit = "Three"
;;;;;;;;;Case 4: GetDigit = "Four"
;;;;;;;;;Case 5: GetDigit = "Five"
;;;;;;;;;Case 6: GetDigit = "Six"
;;;;;;;;;Case 7: GetDigit = "Seven"
;;;;;;;;;Case 8: GetDigit = "Eight"
;;;;;;;;;Case 9: GetDigit = "Nine"
;;;;;;;;;Case Else: GetDigit = ""
;;;;;End Select
;End Function

[TheVig]

I worked out a bit on my own...I was really wondering if there was already one of those MSDN thingy's I tend to miss...

Function Number_to_Words

Code:

Copy      Help

str s="$3199.99"
s.trim("$")
double m=val(s 2)
s.format("%.2f" m)



ARRAY(str) arr
int i nt
nt = tok(s arr -1 ".")
str Change.format("%s/100" arr[1])
;Next
str Num=arr[0]
int l=len(Num)
strrev Num
if l=3
,Num.format("%s0" Num)
if l=2
,Num.format("%s00" Num)
if l=1
,Num.format("%s000" Num)

ARRAY(str) a.create(Num.len)
for(i 0 a.len) a[i].get(Num i 1)
,if a[0]=1
,,str Ones="One"
,if a[0]=2
,,Ones="Two"
,if a[0]=3
,,Ones="Three"
,if a[0]=4
,,Ones="Four"
,if a[0]=5
,,Ones="Five"
,if a[0]=6
,,Ones="Six"
,if a[0]=7
,,Ones="Seven"
,if a[0]=8
,,Ones="Eight"
,if a[0]=9
,,Ones="Nine"
,if a[0]=0
,,Ones=""
,if a[1]=0
,,str Tens=""
,if a[1]=1
,,if a[0]=0
,,,Tens="Ten"
,,,Ones=""
,,if a[0]=1
,,,Tens="Eleven"
,,,Ones=""
,,if a[0]=2
,,,Tens="Twelve"
,,,Ones=""
,,if a[0]=3
,,,Tens="Thirteen"
,,,Ones=""
,,if a[0]=4
,,,Tens="Fourteen"
,,,Ones=""
,,if a[0]=5
,,,Tens="Fifteen"
,,,Ones=""
,,if a[0]=6
,,,Tens="Sixteen"
,,,Ones=""
,,if a[0]=7
,,,Tens="Seventeen"
,,,Ones=""
,,if a[0]=8
,,,Tens="Eighteen"
,,,Ones=""
,,if a[0]=9
,,,Tens="Nineteen"
,,,Ones=""
,if a[1]=2
,,Tens="Twenty"
,if a[1]=3
,,Tens="Thirty"
,if a[1]=4
,,Tens="Forty"
,if a[1]=5
,,Tens="Fifty"
,if a[1]=6
,,Tens="Sixty"
,if a[1]=7
,,Tens="Seventy"
,if a[1]=8
,,Tens="Eighty"
,if a[1]=9
,,Tens="Ninety"
,int I=val(a[1])
,if I>0
,,Tens.format("%s-" Tens)
,if a[2]=1
,,str Hund="One"
,if a[2]=2
,,Hund="Two"
,if a[2]=3
,,Hund="Three"
,if a[2]=4
,,Hund="Four"
,if a[2]=5
,,Hund="Five"
,if a[2]=6
,,Hund="Six"
,if a[2]=7
,,Hund="Seven"
,if a[2]=8
,,Hund="Eight"
,if a[2]=9
,,Hund="Nine"
,if a[2]=0
,,Hund=""
,I=val(a[2])
,if I>0
,,Hund.format("%s Hundred " Hund)
,if a[3]=0
,,str Thou=""
,if a[3]=1
,,Thou="One"
,if a[3]=2
,,Thou="Two"
,if a[3]=3
,,Thou="Three"
,if a[3]=4
,,Thou="Four"
,if a[3]=5
,,Thou="Five"
,if a[3]=6
,,Thou="Six"
,if a[3]=7
,,Thou="Seven"
,if a[3]=8
,,Thou="Eight"
,if a[3]=9
,,Thou="Nine"
,if a[3]=0
,,Thou=""            
,I=val(a[3])
,if I>0
,,Thou.format("%s Thousand, " Thou)
;OutPut
str Total.format("%s%s%s%s and %s Dollars" Thou Hund Tens Ones Change)
out Total

I'm sure this could be formatted a bit better. I only wrote it out to do thousands...but it would just repeat out to get bigger numbers.

[Time_Runner]

Gintaras thank you for leaving this in VbCode. I have had to do a lot of learning this week about codes like C++ and VB and having another piece of what I call transfer code is very important to me.

[TheVig]

I tweaked the the codes a bit...I like the "-" in between a tens place and ones...like Seventy-Two instead of Seventy Two.
Also, I put a comma in after in between appropriate number places.
This only works for currency right now.

Function SpellNumberVbCode

Code:

Copy      Help

;Option Explicit

;'****************
;' Main Function *
;'****************

;Function SpellNumber(ByVal MyNumber)
;;;;;Dim Dollars, Cents, Temp
;;;;;Dim DecimalPlace, Count

;;;;;ReDim Place(9)
;;;;;Place(2) = " Thousand, "
;;;;;Place(3) = " Million, "
;;;;;Place(4) = " Billion, "
;;;;;Place(5) = " Trillion, "

;;;;;' String representation of amount.
;;;;;MyNumber = Trim(MyNumber)

;;;;;' Position of decimal place 0 if none.
;;;;;DecimalPlace = InStr(MyNumber, ".")
;;;;;' Convert cents and set MyNumber to dollar amount.
;;;;;If DecimalPlace > 0 Then
;;;;;;;;;Cents = GetTens(Left(Mid(MyNumber, DecimalPlace + 1) & _
;;;;;;;;;;;;;"00", 2))
;;;;;;;;;MyNumber = Trim(Left(MyNumber, DecimalPlace - 1))
;;;;;End If

;;;;;Count = 1
;;;;;Do While MyNumber <> ""
;;;;;;;;;Temp = GetHundreds(Right(MyNumber, 3))
;;;;;;;;;If Temp <> "" Then Dollars = Temp & Place(Count) & Dollars
;;;;;;;;;If Len(MyNumber) > 3 Then
;;;;;;;;;;;;;MyNumber = Left(MyNumber, Len(MyNumber) - 3)
;;;;;;;;;Else
;;;;;;;;;;;;;MyNumber = ""
;;;;;;;;;End If
;;;;;;;;;Count = Count + 1
;;;;;Loop

;;;;;Select Case Dollars
;;;;;;;;;Case ""
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Dollars = "No Dollars"
;;;;;;;;;Case "One"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Dollars = "One Dollar"
;;;;;;;;;Case Else
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Dollars = Dollars & " Dollars"
;;;;;End Select

;;;;;Select Case Cents
;;;;;;;;;Case ""
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Cents = " and No Cents"
;;;;;;;;;Case "One"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Cents = " and One Cent"
;;;;;;;;;Case Else
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Cents = " and " & Cents & " Cents"
;;;;;End Select

;;;;;SpellNumber = Dollars & Cents
;End Function



;'*******************************************
;' Converts a number from 100-999 into text *
;'*******************************************

;Function GetHundreds(ByVal MyNumber)
;;;;;Dim Result

;;;;;If CLng(MyNumber) = 0 Then Exit Function
;;;;;MyNumber = Right("000" & MyNumber, 3)

;;;;;' Convert the hundreds place.
;;;;;If Mid(MyNumber, 1, 1) <> "0" Then
;;;;;;;;;Result = GetDigit(Mid(MyNumber, 1, 1)) & " Hundred "
;;;;;End If

;;;;;' Convert the tens and ones place.
;;;;;If Mid(MyNumber, 2, 1) <> "0" Then
;;;;;;;;;Result = Result & GetTens(Mid(MyNumber, 2))
;;;;;Else
;;;;;;;;;Result = Result & GetDigit(Mid(MyNumber, 3))
;;;;;End If

;;;;;GetHundreds = Result
;End Function



;'*********************************************
;' Converts a number from 10 to 99 into text. *
;'*********************************************

;;;;;;Function GetTens(TensText)
;;;;;Dim Result

;;;;;Result = "" ' Null out the temporary function value.
;;;;;If CLng(Left(TensText, 1)) = 1 Then ' If value between 10-19...
;;;;;;;;;Select Case CLng(TensText)
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 10: Result = "Ten"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 11: Result = "Eleven"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 12: Result = "Twelve"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 13: Result = "Thirteen"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 14: Result = "Fourteen"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 15: Result = "Fifteen"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 16: Result = "Sixteen"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 17: Result = "Seventeen"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 18: Result = "Eighteen"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 19: Result = "Nineteen"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case Else
;;;;;;;;;End Select
;;;;;Else ' If value between 20-99...
;;;;;;;;;Select Case CLng(Left(TensText, 1))
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 2: Result = "Twenty-"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 3: Result = "Thirty-"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 4: Result = "Forty-"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 5: Result = "Fifty-"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 6: Result = "Sixty-"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 7: Result = "Seventy-"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 8: Result = "Eighty-"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case 9: Result = "Ninety-"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;Case Else
;;;;;;;;;End Select
;;;;;;;;;Result = Result & GetDigit _
;;;;;;;;;;;;;(Right(TensText, 1)) ' Retrieve ones place.
;;;;;End If
;;;;;GetTens = Result
;End Function




;'*******************************************
;' Converts a number from 1 to 9 into text. *
;'*******************************************

;Function GetDigit(Digit)
;;;;;Select Case CLng(Digit)
;;;;;;;;;Case 1: GetDigit = "One"
;;;;;;;;;Case 2: GetDigit = "Two"
;;;;;;;;;Case 3: GetDigit = "Three"
;;;;;;;;;Case 4: GetDigit = "Four"
;;;;;;;;;Case 5: GetDigit = "Five"
;;;;;;;;;Case 6: GetDigit = "Six"
;;;;;;;;;Case 7: GetDigit = "Seven"
;;;;;;;;;Case 8: GetDigit = "Eight"
;;;;;;;;;Case 9: GetDigit = "Nine"
;;;;;;;;;Case Else: GetDigit = ""
;;;;;End Select
;End Function

Function SpellNumber

Code:

Copy      Help

function str'number1 str&words int'Cents

;Converts numeric currency to words.
;Error if number is invalid.
;number may begin or end with $, and may contain ,.

;EXAMPLES
;str sw
;SpellNumber "$2,512.96" sw 1
;out sw
;;OUTPUT: "Two Thousand, Five Hundred Twelve Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents"
;SpellNumber "$2,512.96" sw 0
;out sw
;;OUTPUT: "Two Thousand, Five Hundred Twelve and 96/100 Dollars"
;ReRun
str number=number1
number.trim('$')
number.findreplace("," "")
double cText1
cText1=val(number 2)
number.format("$%.2f" cText1)
strrev number
number.replacerx("(\d{3})(?=\d+($|[^\.\w]))" "$1,")
strrev number
number.trim("$ ")
number.findreplace(",")
if Cents=0
,str s=number
,ARRAY(str) arr
,int i nt
,nt = tok(s arr -1 ".")
,str Change.format("and %s/100 Dollars" arr[1])
,strrev number
,number.remove(0 3)
,strrev number

int-- t_codeadded; if(!t_codeadded) t_codeadded=1; VbsAddCode "SpellNumberVbCode" 1
words=VbsFunc("SpellNumber" number)
err end _error
words.findreplace(" " " ")
words.findreplace("- D" " D")
words.findreplace("- T" " T")
words.findreplace("- C" " C")
words.findreplace("- M" " M")
words.findreplace("- B" " B")
if Cents=0
,lpstr lp = words
,_s.left(lp 3)
,if _s="No "
,,Cents=1
,,goto ReRun
,words.findreplace("Dollars" Change)
,words.findreplace("Dollar" Change 2)
,words.findreplace(" and No Cents")

Thanks a bunch Ginataras! This is a really good example for using VB. I think I'll get a kick out of using that too!