NUMBER

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Updated: August 11, 1987
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NAME

number - convert Arabic numerals to natural language

SYNOPSIS

number [language]

DESCRIPTION

Number copies the standard input to the standard output, changing each decimal number to a fully spelled out version. It works with a lot of languages, among which are English, French, Chinese, Vietnamese... If it is given a language that it doesn't know, it prints out the list of languages that it does know. Some languages are listed under more than one name, such as Gaellic and Irish.

BUGS

It currently doesn't handle very large numbers. It could be made to do so, and maybe it will someday.

AUTHOR

Scott Deerwester

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