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Convert integer to English [FINALIZED]

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Given a non-negative integer up to $999\\,999\\,999$, write it in English.

The input number can be in any form other than English (though you'll typically want to use the native integer type of your language).

When there are several variants of writing the number in English, you can choose whichever suits you more. For example, the input $120$ may give the output one hundred twenty or one hundred and twenty.

The numbers must be formatted as follows:

  • Two-digit numbers must be written with dashes where applicable e.g. twenty-five, not twenty five.

  • powers of ten start with “one”, e.g. one hundred, not just hundred.

  • The tens/ones part, if not zero, must be separated from the hundreds part with and, e.g. two hundred and five, not two hundred five.

  • The above rules are applied also to the factors of thousand and million.

  • moreover the global tens/ones part has bto be separated by and whenever anything larger is present, even if the hundreds part is missing.

  • Adjacent words must be separated by a single space, or a single dash without space where applicable.

  • Leading and/or trailing spaces are not allowed. However, if the result is printed, a single trailing newline (not preceded by any spaces) is allowed.

Ungolfed reference implementation

Test cases:

        0 zero
        1 one
        4 four
       10 ten
       16 sixteen
       42 forty-two
      125 one hundred and twenty-five
     1024 one thousand and twenty-four
     1100 one thousand one hundred
    12345 twelve thousand three hundred and forty-five
  1000000 one million
  1000001 one million and one
  7023000 seven million twenty-three thousand
 11012021 eleven million twelve thousand and twenty-one
999999999 nine hundred and ninety-nine million nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
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Hakerh400‭ wrote over 3 years ago

Test cases should not be a replacement for the challenge specification. The meaning of "several variants of writing the number in English" should be precisely defined. Can we mix different variants in the same answer and/or in the same output? Where can exactly "and" appear (is "twenty and one" a valid output for 21)? Why is there a dash between "ninety" and "nine" in some places, but not in others?

General Sebast1an‭ wrote over 3 years ago

I completely agree with Hakerh400‭ here. The word and might not even be used at all to save bytes in most answers.

celtschk‭ wrote over 3 years ago

OK, I now made a concrete specification and a reference implementation. The inconsistent dashes in ninety-nine however simply were typos, than you for catching them.