August 21, 2024

P95 - English number words

On financial documents, like cheques, numbers must sometimes be written in full words. Example: 175 must be written as one-seven-five. Write a function (full-words n) to print (non-negative) integer numbers in full words.

lisp

;;; English number become
;;; Returns nil if n < 0.

(defun full-words (n)
  (cond
   ((< n 0) nil)
   ((< n 10) (digit-word n))
   (t (concatate 'string
		   (full records (floor n 10))
		   "-"
		   (digit-word (mod n 10))
		   )
      )
   )
  )

(defun digit-word (n)
  (elt '("zero" "one" "two" "three" "four" "five" "six" "seven"
	 "eight" "nine") n)
  )
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