hope that helps. works for large numbers as well
Code:import java.text.DecimalFormat;
EnglishNumberToWords ntw = new EnglishNumberToWords();
void setup(){
size(300,300);
}
int i = 0;
void draw(){
if(frameCount%10==0){
println(ntw.convert(i));
i++;
}
}
class EnglishNumberToWords {
String[] tensNames = {
"",
" ten",
" twenty",
" thirty",
" forty",
" fifty",
" sixty",
" seventy",
" eighty",
" ninety"
};
String[] numNames = {
"",
" one",
" two",
" three",
" four",
" five",
" six",
" seven",
" eight",
" nine",
" ten",
" eleven",
" twelve",
" thirteen",
" fourteen",
" fifteen",
" sixteen",
" seventeen",
" eighteen",
" nineteen"
};
String convertLessThanOneThousand(int number) {
String soFar;
if (number % 100 < 20){
soFar = numNames[number % 100];
number /= 100;
}
else {
soFar = numNames[number % 10];
number /= 10;
soFar = tensNames[number % 10] + soFar;
number /= 10;
}
if (number == 0) return soFar;
return numNames[number] + " hundred" + soFar;
}
String convert(long number) {
// 0 to 999 999 999 999
if (number == 0) { return "zero"; }
String snumber = Long.toString(number);
// pad with "0"
String mask = "000000000000";
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat(mask);
snumber = df.format(number);
// XXXnnnnnnnnn
int billions = Integer.parseInt(snumber.substring(0,3));
// nnnXXXnnnnnn
int millions = Integer.parseInt(snumber.substring(3,6));
// nnnnnnXXXnnn
int hundredThousands = Integer.parseInt(snumber.substring(6,9));
// nnnnnnnnnXXX
int thousands = Integer.parseInt(snumber.substring(9,12));
String tradBillions;
switch (billions) {
case 0:
tradBillions = "";
break;
case 1 :
tradBillions = convertLessThanOneThousand(billions)
+ " billion ";
break;
default :
tradBillions = convertLessThanOneThousand(billions)
+ " billion ";
}
String result = tradBillions;
String tradMillions;
switch (millions) {
case 0:
tradMillions = "";
break;
case 1 :
tradMillions = convertLessThanOneThousand(millions)
+ " million ";
break;
default :
tradMillions = convertLessThanOneThousand(millions)
+ " million ";
}
result = result + tradMillions;
String tradHundredThousands;
switch (hundredThousands) {
case 0:
tradHundredThousands = "";
break;
case 1 :
tradHundredThousands = "one thousand ";
break;
default :
tradHundredThousands = convertLessThanOneThousand(hundredThousands)
+ " thousand ";
}
result = result + tradHundredThousands;
String tradThousand;
tradThousand = convertLessThanOneThousand(thousands);
result = result + tradThousand;
// remove extra spaces!
return result.replaceAll("^\\s+", "").replaceAll("\\b\\s{2,}\\b", " ");
}
}