Question

is it as all possible to write out an output integer i’m getting with letters in classic asp?

so for example if my result is 5 i want to output “Five”

or if it’s twenty, i need it to show “Twenty”

the results could be infinite so writing an array for look up purposes wouldn’t work.

is there a work around for this?

Answer 1

I robbed this from an MS KB article many moons ago, It sort of does the trick, could use a few tweaks on its grammar.

response.Write ConvertCurrencyToEnglish("213123")


Function ConvertCurrencyToEnglish (ByVal MyNumber)
   Dim Temp
   Dim Dollars, Cents
   Dim DecimalPlace, Count

   ReDim Place(9)

   Place(2) = " Thousand "
   Place(3) = " Million "
   Place(4) = " Billion "
   Place(5) = " Trillion "

   'Convert MyNumber to a string, trimming extra spaces.
   MyNumber = Trim(CStr(MyNumber))

   'Find decimal place.
   DecimalPlace = InStr(MyNumber, ".")

   'If we find decimal place...
   If DecimalPlace > 0 Then
      'Convert cents
      Temp = Left(Mid(MyNumber, DecimalPlace + 1) & "00", 2)
      Cents = ConvertTens(Temp)
      'Strip off cents from remainder to convert.
      MyNumber = Trim(Left(MyNumber, DecimalPlace - 1))
   End If

   Count = 1

   Do While MyNumber <> ""
      'Convert last 3 digits of MyNumber to English dollars.
      Temp = ConvertHundreds(Right(MyNumber, 3))
      If Temp <> "" Then Dollars = Temp & Place(Count) & Dollars
      If Len(MyNumber) > 3 Then
         'Remove last 3 converted digits from MyNumber.
         MyNumber = Left(MyNumber, Len(MyNumber) - 3)
      Else
         MyNumber = ""
      End If
      Count = Count + 1
   Loop

   'Clean up dollars.
   Select Case Dollars
      Case ""
         Dollars = "No Dollars"
      Case "One"
         Dollars = "One Dollar"
      Case Else
         Dollars = Dollars & " Dollars"
   End Select

   'Clean up cents.
   Select Case Cents
      Case ""
         Cents = " And No Cents"
      Case "One"
         Cents = " And One Cent"
      Case Else
         Cents = " And " & Cents & " Cents"
   End Select

   'ConvertCurrencyToEnglish = Dollars & Cents
   ConvertCurrencyToEnglish = Dollars & Cents
End Function

Private Function ConvertHundreds (ByVal MyNumber)
   Dim Result

   'Exit if there is nothing to convert.
   If CInt(MyNumber) = 0 Then Exit Function

   'Append leading zeros to number.
   MyNumber = Right("000" & MyNumber, 3)

   'Do we have a hundreds place digit to convert?
   If Left(MyNumber, 1) <> "0" Then
      Result = ConvertDigit(Left(MyNumber, 1)) & " Hundred "
   End If

   'Do we have a tens place digit to convert?
   If Mid(MyNumber, 2, 1) <> "0" Then
      Result = Result & ConvertTens(Mid(MyNumber, 2))
   Else
      'If not, then convert the ones place digit.
      Result = Result & ConvertDigit(Mid(MyNumber, 3))
   End If

   ConvertHundreds = Trim(Result)
End Function

Private Function ConvertTens (ByVal MyTens)
   Dim Result

   'Is value between 10 and 19?
   If CInt(Left(MyTens, 1)) = 1 Then
      Select Case CInt(MyTens)
         Case 10: Result = "Ten"
         Case 11: Result = "Eleven"
         Case 12: Result = "Twelve"
         Case 13: Result = "Thirteen"
         Case 14: Result = "Fourteen"
         Case 15: Result = "Fifteen"
         Case 16: Result = "Sixteen"
         Case 17: Result = "Seventeen"
         Case 18: Result = "Eighteen"
         Case 19: Result = "Nineteen"
         Case Else
      End Select
   Else
      '... otherwise it's between 20 and 99.
      Select Case CInt(Left(MyTens, 1))
         Case 2: Result = "Twenty "
         Case 3: Result = "Thirty "
         Case 4: Result = "Forty "
         Case 5: Result = "Fifty "
         Case 6: Result = "Sixty "
         Case 7: Result = "Seventy "
         Case 8: Result = "Eighty "
         Case 9: Result = "Ninety "
         Case Else
      End Select
      'Convert ones place digit.
      Result = Result & ConvertDigit(Right(MyTens, 1))
   End If

   ConvertTens = Result
End Function

Private Function ConvertDigit (ByVal MyDigit)
   Select Case CInt(MyDigit)
      Case 1: ConvertDigit = "One"
      Case 2: ConvertDigit = "Two"
      Case 3: ConvertDigit = "Three"
      Case 4: ConvertDigit = "Four"
      Case 5: ConvertDigit = "Five"
      Case 6: ConvertDigit = "Six"
      Case 7: ConvertDigit = "Seven"
      Case 8: ConvertDigit = "Eight"
      Case 9: ConvertDigit = "Nine"
      Case Else: ConvertDigit = ""
   End Select
End Function