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function humanize(num){ | |
var ones = ['', 'one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five', 'six', 'seven', 'eight', 'nine', | |
'ten', 'eleven', 'twelve', 'thirteen', 'fourteen', 'fifteen', 'sixteen', | |
'seventeen', 'eighteen', 'nineteen']; | |
var tens = ['', '', 'twenty', 'thirty', 'forty', 'fifty', 'sixty', 'seventy', 'eighty', | |
'ninety']; | |
var numString = num.toString(); | |
if (num < 0) throw new Error('Negative numbers are not supported.'); | |
if (num === 0) return 'zero'; | |
//the case of 1 - 20 | |
if (num < 20) { | |
return ones[num]; | |
} | |
if (numString.length === 2) { | |
return tens[numString[0]] + ' ' + ones[numString[1]]; | |
} | |
//100 and more | |
if (numString.length == 3) { | |
if (numString[1] === '0' && numString[2] === '0') | |
return ones[numString[0]] + ' hundred'; | |
else | |
return ones[numString[0]] + ' hundred and ' + convert(+(numString[1] + numString[2])); | |
} | |
if (numString.length === 4) { | |
var end = +(numString[1] + numString[2] + numString[3]); | |
if (end === 0) return ones[numString[0]] + ' thousand'; | |
if (end < 100) return ones[numString[0]] + ' thousand and ' + convert(end); | |
return ones[numString[0]] + ' thousand ' + convert(end); | |
} | |
} |
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Thanks a lot for he gist, it really help me!