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Convert a number into english words (Indian numbering system) in ruby
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# https://stackoverflow.com/a/43522719 + couple of fixes | |
def number_to_words(num) | |
numbers_to_name = { | |
10_000_000 => "crore", | |
100_000 => "lakh", | |
1000 => "thousand", | |
100 => "hundred", | |
90 => "ninety", | |
80 => "eighty", | |
70 => "seventy", | |
60 => "sixty", | |
50 => "fifty", | |
40 => "forty", | |
30 => "thirty", | |
20 => "twenty", | |
19 => "nineteen", | |
18 => "eighteen", | |
17 => "seventeen", | |
16 => "sixteen", | |
15 => "fifteen", | |
14 => "fourteen", | |
13 => "thirteen", | |
12 => "twelve", | |
11 => "eleven", | |
10 => "ten", | |
9 => "nine", | |
8 => "eight", | |
7 => "seven", | |
6 => "six", | |
5 => "five", | |
4 => "four", | |
3 => "three", | |
2 => "two", | |
1 => "one" | |
} | |
log_floors_to_ten_powers = { | |
0 => 1, | |
1 => 10, | |
2 => 100, | |
3 => 1000, | |
4 => 1000, | |
5 => 100_000, | |
6 => 100_000, | |
7 => 10_000_000 | |
} | |
num = num.to_i | |
return '' if (num <= 0) || (num >= 100_000_000) | |
log_floor = Math.log(num, 10).round(15).floor | |
ten_power = log_floors_to_ten_powers[log_floor] | |
if num <= 20 | |
numbers_to_name[num] | |
elsif log_floor == 1 | |
rem = num % 10 | |
[numbers_to_name[num - rem], number_to_words(rem)].join(' ') | |
else | |
[number_to_words(num / ten_power), numbers_to_name[ten_power], number_to_words(num % ten_power)].join(' ').strip | |
end | |
end |
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Workaround for floating point error in Math.log output taken from here - https://stackoverflow.com/a/56370318/923080