I need to convert something like 92.10 to its equivalent in ahem letters: Ninety-two with 10 cents. It is to show the value in letters for the amount of an invoice but I do not know how to do it, the functions that I have seen all return wrong values I do not know if java also offers some API that can help me.
I found this class but it only works for values without decimals
import java.text.NumberFormat;
public class NumberToWordsConverter {
public static final String[] units = { "", "Uno", "Dos", "Tres", "Cuatro",
"Cinco", "Seis", "Siete", "Ocho", "Nueve", "Diez", "Once", "Doce",
"Trece", "Catorce", "Quince", "Dieciseis", "Diecisiete",
"Dieciocho", "Diecinueve" };
public static final String[] tens = {
"", // 0
"", // 1
"Veinte", // 2
"Treinta", // 3
"Cuarenta", // 4
"Cincuenta", // 5
"Sesenta", // 6
"Setenta", // 7
"Ochenta", // 8
"Noventa" // 9
};
public static String convert(final int n) {
if (n < 0) {
return "Minus " + convert(-n);
}
if (n < 20) {
return units[n];
}
if (n < 100) {
return tens[n / 10] + ((n % 10 != 0) ? " " : "") + units[n % 10];
}
if (n < 1000) {
return units[n / 100] + " Cien" + ((n % 100 != 0) ? " " : "") + convert(n % 100);
}
if (n < 100000) {
return convert(n / 1000) + " Mil" + ((n % 10000 != 0) ? " " : "") + convert(n % 1000);
}
if (n < 10000000) {
return convert(n / 100000) + " Lakh" + ((n % 100000 != 0) ? " " : "") + convert(n % 100000);
}
return convert(n / 10000000) + " Crore" + ((n % 10000000 != 0) ? " " : "") + convert(n % 10000000);
}
public static void main(final String[] args) {
int n;
n = 5;
System.out.println(NumberFormat.getInstance().format(n) + "='" + convert(n) + "'");
n = 16;
System.out.println(NumberFormat.getInstance().format(n) + "='" + convert(n) + "'");
n = 50;
System.out.println(NumberFormat.getInstance().format(n) + "='" + convert(n) + "'");
n = 78;
System.out.println(NumberFormat.getInstance().format(n) + "='" + convert(n) + "'");
n = 456;
System.out.println(NumberFormat.getInstance().format(n) + "='" + convert(n) + "'");
n = 1000;
System.out.println(NumberFormat.getInstance().format(n) + "='" + convert(n) + "'");
n = 99999;
System.out.println(NumberFormat.getInstance().format(n) + "='" + convert(n) + "'");
n = 199099;
System.out.println(NumberFormat.getInstance().format(n) + "='" + convert(n) + "'");
n = 10005000;
System.out.println(NumberFormat.getInstance().format(n) + "='" + convert(n) + "'");
}
}