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bin+lib numbers_into_words

Command-line utility and library for writing a positive integer as English words

3 releases

0.1.2 May 23, 2023
0.1.1 May 20, 2023
0.1.0 May 20, 2023

#1792 in Command line utilities

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MIT/Apache

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Numbers into words

Converts an integer into English words.

License: MIT OR Apache-2.0

Command line reference

  • Usage: target/debug/numbers_into_words [OPTIONS] [NUMBERS]

Options

  • --help: Display help message

  • --and=(none | last | below1k | all ): Specify when the word "and" should be used in phrases like "five-hundred and seventy-two"

  • --and-help: Describe the options for --and=

  • --minimal: Output only the words for each number (rather than prefacing with the numerals, e.g. "five" instead of "5: five")

"and" options

  • --and=none: Don't use the word "and" (e.g. "five-hundred seventy-two")

  • --and=last: Only use the word "and" in the hundreds-tens-units group (e.g. "three-hundred five thousand, five-hundred and seventy-two", but "three-hundred five million, five-hundred seventy-two thousand")

  • --and=below1k: Only use the word "and" for numbers below 1000 (e.g. "three-hundred five thousand, five-hundred seventy-two", but "three-hundred and five")

  • --and=all: Always use "and" (default behavior) (e.g. "five-hundred and twenty-four million, three-hundred and seventy-eight")

Usage examples

$ numbers_into_words 234 92,582,349 543_953_459_343 8
234: two-hundred and thirty-four
92582349: ninety-two million, five-hundred and eighty-two thousand, three-hundred and forty-nine
543953459343: five-hundred and forty-three billion, nine-hundred and fifty-three million, four-hundred and fifty-nine thousand, three-hundred and forty-three
8: eight
$ numbers_into_words --minimal 593_123 45,230
five-hundred and ninety-three thousand, one-hundred and twenty-three
forty-five thousand, two-hundred and thirty
$ numbers_into_words --minimal --and=last 532_428_000 1000355
five-hundred thirty-two million, four-hundred twenty-eight thousand
one million, three-hundred and fifty-five
$ numbers_into_words -and=below1k 400_000_000_123 678
400000000123: four-hundred billion, one-hundred twenty-three
678: six-hundred and seventy-eight

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