string number_as_string(int n);
string query_num(int n, int limit) {
string ret;
int i;
if (limit && n>limit) return "many"; /* this is a little pointless ... */
if (n < 0) return "many"; /* fo wraps... */
if (n > 99999) return "many"; /* sorry 'bout the hard limit */
ret = 0;
if ((i = n/1000)) {
n = n%1000;
if (!n)
return number_as_string(i) + " thousand";
ret = number_as_string(i) + " thousand";
}
if ((i = n/100)) {
n = n%100;
if (ret) {
if (!n)
return ret + " and " + number_as_string(i) + " hundred";
ret += ", " + number_as_string(i) + " hundred";
} else {
if (!n)
return number_as_string(i) + " hundred";
ret = number_as_string(i) + " hundred";
}
}
if (ret)
return ret + " and " + number_as_string(n);
return number_as_string(n);
} /* query_num() */
string number_as_string(int n) {
string ret;
if (!n) return "zero";
if (n<20 && n>9) return ({ "ten", "eleven", "twelve", "thirteen",
"fourteen", "fifteen", "sixteen", "seventeen",
"eighteen", "nineteen" })[n-10];
ret = ({ "", "", "twenty", "thirty", "forty", "fifty", "sixty",
"seventy", "eighty", "ninety"})[n/10];
if ((n = n%10)&&(ret!="")) ret += " ";
return ret + ({ "", "one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six",
"seven", "eight", "nine"})[n];
} /* number_as_string() */