Convert string value to english word

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I'm trying to figure out / where to start in regards to this situation say for example

I enter $127.45 in to a textbox

I would expect the application to spit back

one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty-five cents

The word will then be placed on a document and sent to the client.

I have found this solution which seemed promising Code Golf: Number to Words which filled me with some hope, unfortunately after trying that it only spits back

one hundred and twenty seven

Would someone be able to give me a hand?

just an idea, why not split the 127.45 in two numbers, 127 and 45 and call the method twice? — Koryu, Jun 17 '15 at 10:44
This was a coding challenge at our company - its quite interesting, not difficult to do. — Callum Linington, Jun 17 '15 at 10:44
Showing some effort would be helpful in order to help you. Where did you get stuck when implementing the code of the other post? — Patrick Hofman, Jun 17 '15 at 10:45
As suggested above: split on `.`, process both parts, append dollars and cents, taking singular/plural into account. — Micke, Jun 17 '15 at 10:47

Martin Brown · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-17T11:06:49.713

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First you need to get the decimal part of the number into a separate integer, then just call your number to words function twice something like this:

double value = 125.23;
int dollars = (int)value;
int cents = (int)((value - (int)value) * 100);
Console.WriteLine("{0} dollars and {1} cents", wordify(dollars), wordify(cents));

edited Jun 17 '15 at 11:06

answered Jun 17 '15 at 10:51

Martin Brown

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