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A function that convert integers to English words (short scale)
function numToWord(num) {
if (!Number.isSafeInteger(num) || num < 0) return null
if (!num) return 'zero '
const ntt = ['', 'one ', 'two ', 'three ', 'four ', 'five ', 'six ', 'seven ', 'eight ', 'nine ', 'ten ', 'eleven ', 'twelve ', 'thirteen ', 'fourteen ', 'fifteen ', 'sixteen ', 'seventeen ', 'eighteen ', 'nineteen ']
let mstr = ''
let nArr = num.toString().padStart(18, '0').match(/.{1,3}/g)
for (let i = 5; i > -1; i--) {
let wkv = nArr.shift()
if (!+wkv) continue
if (+wkv[0]) mstr += ntt[+wkv[0]] + 'hundred '
if ((+wkv[0] || !i) && wkv % 100 && num > 100) mstr += 'and '
wkv %= 100
if (wkv > 19) {
mstr += ['', 'ten ', 'twenty ', 'thirty ', 'fourty ', 'fifty ', 'sixty ', 'seventy ', 'eighty ', 'ninety '][~~(wkv / 10)]
wkv %= 10
}
mstr += ntt[wkv] + ['', 'thousand ', 'million ', 'billion ', 'trillion ', 'quadrillion '][i]
}
return mstr
}
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