HumanNumber

Convert numbers into English-spoken strings

The HumanNumber class provides a few static methods that turn numerical numbers into English-spoken strings.

Examples of Use

    // Format some ints or longs.
    String result = HumanNumber.format(0);
    result = HumanNumber.format(1);
    result = HumanNumber.format(12);
    result = HumanNumber.format(123);
    result = HumanNumber.format(1234);

    // Format a String (allows longer numbers to be formatted)
    result = HumanNumber.format("645635467684453453463455435");

The above examples return the following:

zero
one
twelve
one hundred and twenty three
one thousand, two hundred and thirty four
six hundred and forty five septillion, six hundred and thirty five sextillion, four hundred and sixty seven quintillion, six hundred and eighty four quadrillion, four hundred and fifty three trillion, four hundred and fifty three billion, four hundred and sixty three million, four hundred and fifty five thousand, four hundred and thirty five

This class supports positive integers up to approximately 10⁶⁵.

Licensing

This software product is OSI Certified Open Source Software, available under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Since the GPL may be too restrictive for use in proprietary applications, a commercial license is also provided.

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