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Created June 19, 2012 21:55
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numbers in words ultimate edition
class Integer
def in_words
if self < 20
{0 => "\b", 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"}[self]
elsif self < 100
"#{{20 => "twenty", 30 => "thirty", 40 => "forty", 50 => "fifty", 60 => "sixty", 70 => "seventy", 80 => "eighty", 90 => "ninety"}[self - (self % 10)]} #{(self % 10).in_words}"
elsif self < 1_000
"#{(self / 100).in_words} hundred #{(self % 100).in_words}"
else
{10 ** 12 => "trillion", 10 ** 9 => "billion", 10 ** 6 => "million", 10 ** 3 => "thousand"}.each do |number, word|
return "#{(self / number).in_words} #{word} #{(self % number).in_words}" if (self / number) >= 1 && (self / number) < 1_000
end
end
end
end
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