by Jim Youmans (1 Submission)
Category: String Manipulation
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Fri 21st May 1999
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Function takes a number and returns the text for that number in check like format. Example 123.50 => One hundred twenty three and 50/100
VBcoders
Static ones(0 To 9) As String
Static teens(0 To 9) As String
Static tens(0 To 9) As String
Static thousands(0 To 4) As String
Dim i As Integer, nPosition As Integer
Dim nDigit As Integer, bAllZeros As Integer
Dim strResult As String, strTemp As String
Dim tmpBuff As String
ones(0) = "zero"
ones(1) = "one"
ones(2) = "two"
ones(3) = "three"
ones(4) = "four"
ones(5) = "five"
ones(6) = "six"
ones(7) = "seven"
ones(8) = "eight"
ones(9) = "nine"
teens(0) = "ten"
teens(1) = "eleven"
teens(2) = "twelve"
teens(3) = "thirteen"
teens(4) = "fourteen"
teens(5) = "fifteen"
teens(6) = "sixteen"
teens(7) = "seventeen"
teens(8) = "eighteen"
teens(9) = "nineteen"
tens(0) = ""
tens(1) = "ten"
tens(2) = "twenty"
tens(3) = "thirty"
tens(4) = "forty"
tens(5) = "fifty"
tens(6) = "sixty"
tens(7) = "seventy"
tens(8) = "eighty"
tens(9) = "ninty"
thousands(0) = ""
thousands(1) = "thousand"
thousands(2) = "million"
thousands(3) = "billion"
thousands(4) = "trillion"
'Trap errors
On Error GoTo NumToTextError
'Get fractional part
strResult = "and " & Format((dblValue - Int(dblValue)) * 100, "00") & "/100"
'Convert rest to string and process each digit
strTemp = CStr(Int(dblValue))
'Iterate through string
For i = Len(strTemp) To 1 Step -1
'Get value of this digit
nDigit = Val(Mid$(strTemp, i, 1))
'Get column position
nPosition = (Len(strTemp) - i) + 1
'Action depends on 1's, 10's or 100's column
Select Case (nPosition Mod 3)
Case 1 '1's position
bAllZeros = False
If i = 1 Then
tmpBuff = ones(nDigit) & " "
ElseIf Mid$(strTemp, i - 1, 1) = "1" Then
tmpBuff = teens(nDigit) & " "
i = i - 1 'Skip tens position
ElseIf nDigit > 0 Then
tmpBuff = ones(nDigit) & " "
Else
'If next 10s & 100s columns are also
'zero, then don't show 'thousands'
bAllZeros = True
If i > 1 Then
If Mid$(strTemp, i - 1, 1) <> "0" Then
bAllZeros = False
End If
End If
If i > 2 Then
If Mid$(strTemp, i - 2, 1) <> "0" Then
bAllZeros = False
End If
End If
tmpBuff = ""
End If
If bAllZeros = False And nPosition > 1 Then
tmpBuff = tmpBuff & thousands(nPosition / 3) & " "
End If
strResult = tmpBuff & strResult
Case 2 'Tens position
If nDigit > 0 Then
strResult = tens(nDigit) & " " & strResult
End If
Case 0 'Hundreds position
If nDigit > 0 Then
strResult = ones(nDigit) & " hundred " & strResult
End If
End Select
Next i
'Convert first letter to upper case
If Len(strResult) > 0 Then
strResult = UCase$(Left$(strResult, 1)) & Mid$(strResult, 2)
End If
EndNumToText:
'Return result
NumToText = strResult
Exit Function
NumToTextError:
strResult = "#Error#"
Resume EndNumToText
End Function
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