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convert number to string
package
{
public class NumberUtil
{
//Usage: trace(NumberUtil.converToWords(numbers.text));
private static const THOUSANDS:Array = ['','Thousand','Million','Billion','Trillion'];
private static const DECADES:Array = ['Twenty','Thirty','Forty','Fifty','Sixty','Seventy','Eighty','Ninety'];
private static const TENS:Array = ['Ten','Eleven','Twelve','Thirteen','Fourteen','Fifteen','Sixteen','Seventeen','Eighteen','Nineteen'];
private static const DIGITS:Array = ['Zero','One','Two','Three','Four','Five','Six','Seven','Eight','Nine'];
private static const HUNDRED:String = 'Hundred ';
private static const POINT:String ='point ';
private static const BIG:String ='Too big'
public static function converToWords(s:String):String{
s = s.replace(/[\, ]/g,'');
var x:int = s.indexOf('.');
if (x == -1) x = s.length;
if (x > 15) return BIG;
var number:Array = s.split('');
var Words:String = '';
var cnt:int = 0;
for (var i:int=0; i < x; i++) {
if ((x-i)%3==2) {
if (number[i] == '1') {
Words += TENS[Number(number[i+1])] + ' ';
i++;
cnt=1;
}
else if (number[i]!=0){
Words += DECADES[number[i]-2] + ' ';
cnt=1;
}
}else if (number[i]!=0) {
Words += DIGITS[number[i]] +' ';
if ((x-i)%3==0) Words += HUNDRED;
cnt=1;
}
if ((x-i)%3==1) {
if (cnt) Words += THOUSANDS[(x-i-1)/3] + ' ';
cnt=0;
}
}
if (x != s.length) {
var y:int = s.length;
Words += POINT;
for (var j:int=x+1; j<y; j++) Words += DIGITS[number[j]] +' ';
}
return Words.replace(/\s+/g,' ');
}
}
}
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