[python] How to convert numbers to words without using num2word library?

I need to turn numbers from 1 - 99 into words. This is what I got so far:

num2words1 = {1: 'One', 2: 'Two', 3: 'Three', 4: 'Four', 5: 'Five', \
            6: 'Six', 7: 'Seven', 8: 'Eight', 9: 'Nine', 10: 'Ten', \
            11: 'Eleven', 12: 'Twelve', 13: 'Thirteen', 14: 'Fourteen', \
            15: 'Fifteen', 16: 'Sixteen', 17: 'Seventeen', 18: 'Eighteen', 19: 'Nineteen'}
num2words2 = ['Twenty', 'Thirty', 'Forty', 'Fifty', 'Sixty', 'Seventy', 'Eighty', 'Ninety']

def number(Number):

    if (Number > 1) or (Number < 19):
        return (num2words1[Number])
    elif (Number > 20) or (Number < 99):
        return (num2words2[Number])
    else:
        print("Number Out Of Range")
        main()

def main():
    num = eval(input("Please enter a number between 0 and 99: "))
    number(num)
main()

Now, the BIGGEST problem that I have so far is that the if, elif and else statements DO NOT seem to work. Only the first if statement runs.

The second problem is creating the string version of the numbers from 20-99....

P.S. Yes, I know about the num2word library, but I am not allowed to use it.

Use python library called num2words Link -> HERE

This Did the job for me(Python 2.x)

nums = {1:"One", 2:"Two", 3:"Three" ,4:"Four", 5:"Five", 6:"Six", 7:"Seven", 8:"Eight",\
        9:"Nine", 0:"Zero", 10:"Ten", 11:"Eleven", 12:"Tweleve" , 13:"Thirteen", 14:"Fourteen", \
        15: "Fifteen", 16:"Sixteen", 17:"Seventeen", 18:"Eighteen", 19:"Nineteen", 20:"Twenty", 30:"Thirty", 40:"Forty", 50:"Fifty",\
        60:"Sixty", 70:"Seventy", 80:"Eighty", 90:"Ninety"}
num = input("Enter a number: ")
# To convert three digit number into words 
if 100 <= num < 1000:
    a = num / 100
    b = num % 100
    c = b / 10
    d = b % 10
    if c == 1 :
        print nums[a] + "hundred" , nums[b]
    elif c == 0:
        print nums[a] + "hundred" , nums[d]
    else:
        c *= 10
        if d == 0:
            print nums[a] + "hundred", nums[c]
        else:
            print nums[a] + "hundred" , nums[c], nums[d]
# to convert two digit number into words            
elif 0 <= num < 100:
    a = num / 10
    b = num % 10
    if a == 1:
        print nums[num]
    else:
        a *= 10
        print nums[a], nums[b]

num2words = {1: 'One', 2: 'Two', 3: 'Three', 4: 'Four', 5: 'Five', \
               6: 'Six', 7: 'Seven', 8: 'Eight', 9: 'Nine', 10: 'Ten', \
              11: 'Eleven', 12: 'Twelve', 13: 'Thirteen', 14: 'Fourteen', \
              15: 'Fifteen', 16: 'Sixteen', 17: 'Seventeen', 18: 'Eighteen', \
              19: 'Nineteen', 20: 'Twenty', 30: 'Thirty', 40: 'Forty', \
              50: 'Fifty', 60: 'Sixty', 70: 'Seventy', 80: 'Eighty', \
              90: 'Ninety', 0: 'Zero'}
  def n2w(n):
    try:
      return num2words[n]
    except KeyError:
      try:
        return num2words[n-n%10] + num2words[n%10].lower()
      except KeyError:
        try:
          if(n>=100 and n<=999):
            w=''
            w=w+str(n2w(int(n/100)))+'Hundred'
            n=n-(int(n/100)*100)
            if(n>0):
              w=w+'And'+n2w(n)
            return w    
          elif(n>=1000):
            w=''
            w=w+n2w(int(n/1000))+'Thousand'
            n=n-int((n/1000))*1000
            if(n>0 and n<100):
              w=w+'And'+n2w(n)
            if(n>=100):
              w=w+n2w(int(n/100))+'Hundred'
              n=n-(int(n/100)*100)
              if(n>0):
                w=w+'And'+n2w(n)
            return w
        except KeyError:
            return 'Ayyao'
  for i in range(0,99999):
    print(n2w(i))

recursively:

num2words = {1: 'One', 2: 'Two', 3: 'Three', 4: 'Four', 5: 'Five', \
            6: 'Six', 7: 'Seven', 8: 'Eight', 9: 'Nine', 10: 'Ten', \
            11: 'Eleven', 12: 'Twelve', 13: 'Thirteen', 14: 'Fourteen', \
            15: 'Fifteen', 16: 'Sixteen', 17: 'Seventeen', 18: 'Eighteen', 19: 'Nineteen'}
num2words2 = ['Twenty', 'Thirty', 'Forty', 'Fifty', 'Sixty', 'Seventy', 'Eighty', 'Ninety']
def spell(num):
    if num == 0:
        return ""
    if num < 20:
        return (num2words[num])
    elif num < 100:
        ray = divmod(num,10)
        return (num2words2[ray[0]-2]+" "+spell(ray[1]))
    elif num <1000:
        ray = divmod(num,100)
        if ray[1] == 0:
            mid = " hundred"
        else:
            mid =" hundred and "
        return(num2words[ray[0]]+mid+spell(ray[1]))

I've been also converting numbers to words for some fuzzy matching routines. I used a library called inflect I forked off pwdyson which worked awesome:

https://github.com/pwdyson/inflect.py

code 2 and 3:

ones = {
    0: '', 1: 'one', 2: 'two', 3: 'three', 4: 'four', 5: 'five', 6: 'six',
    7: 'seven', 8: 'eight', 9: 'nine', 10: 'ten', 11: 'eleven', 12: 'twelve',
    13: 'thirteen', 14: 'fourteen', 15: 'fifteen', 16: 'sixteen',
    17: 'seventeen', 18: 'eighteen', 19: 'nineteen'}
tens = {
    2: 'twenty', 3: 'thirty', 4: 'forty', 5: 'fifty', 6: 'sixty',
    7: 'seventy', 8: 'eighty', 9: 'ninety'}
illions = {
    1: 'thousand', 2: 'million', 3: 'billion', 4: 'trillion', 5: 'quadrillion',
    6: 'quintillion', 7: 'sextillion', 8: 'septillion', 9: 'octillion',
    10: 'nonillion', 11: 'decillion'}



def say_number(i):
    """
    Convert an integer in to it's word representation.

    say_number(i: integer) -> string
    """
    if i < 0:
        return _join('negative', _say_number_pos(-i))
    if i == 0:
        return 'zero'
    return _say_number_pos(i)


def _say_number_pos(i):
    if i < 20:
        return ones[i]
    if i < 100:
        return _join(tens[i // 10], ones[i % 10])
    if i < 1000:
        return _divide(i, 100, 'hundred')
    for illions_number, illions_name in illions.items():
        if i < 1000**(illions_number + 1):
            break
    return _divide(i, 1000**illions_number, illions_name)


def _divide(dividend, divisor, magnitude):
    return _join(
        _say_number_pos(dividend // divisor),
        magnitude,
        _say_number_pos(dividend % divisor),
    )


def _join(*args):
    return ' '.join(filter(bool, args))

test:

def test_say_number(data, expected_output):
    """Test cases for say_number(i)."""
    output = say_number(data)
    assert output == expected_output, \
        "\n    for:      {}\n    expected: {}\n    got:      {}".format(
            data, expected_output, output)


test_say_number(0, 'zero')
test_say_number(1, 'one')
test_say_number(-1, 'negative one')
test_say_number(10, 'ten')
test_say_number(11, 'eleven')
test_say_number(99, 'ninety nine')
test_say_number(100, 'one hundred')
test_say_number(111, 'one hundred eleven')
test_say_number(999, 'nine hundred ninety nine')
test_say_number(1119, 'one thousand one hundred nineteen')
test_say_number(999999,
                'nine hundred ninety nine thousand nine hundred ninety nine')
test_say_number(9876543210,
                'nine billion eight hundred seventy six million '
                'five hundred forty three thousand two hundred ten')
test_say_number(1000**1, 'one thousand')
test_say_number(1000**2, 'one million')
test_say_number(1000**3, 'one billion')
test_say_number(1000**4, 'one trillion')
test_say_number(1000**5, 'one quadrillion')
test_say_number(1000**6, 'one quintillion')
test_say_number(1000**7, 'one sextillion')
test_say_number(1000**8, 'one septillion')
test_say_number(1000**9, 'one octillion')
test_say_number(1000**10, 'one nonillion')
test_say_number(1000**11, 'one decillion')
test_say_number(1000**12, 'one thousand decillion')
test_say_number(
    1-1000**12,
    'negative nine hundred ninety nine decillion nine hundred ninety nine '
    'nonillion nine hundred ninety nine octillion nine hundred ninety nine '
    'septillion nine hundred ninety nine sextillion nine hundred ninety nine '
    'quintillion nine hundred ninety nine quadrillion nine hundred ninety '
    'nine trillion nine hundred ninety nine billion nine hundred ninety nine'
    ' million nine hundred ninety nine thousand nine hundred ninety nine')

single_digit = {0: 'zero', 1: 'one', 2: 'two', 3: 'three', 4: 'four', 
            5: 'five', 6: 'six', 7: 'seven', 8: 'eight',
            9: 'nine'}

teen = {10: 'ten', 11: 'eleven', 12: 'twelve', 13: 'thirteen', 
        14: 'fourteen', 15: 'fifteen', 16: 'sixteen',
        17: 'seventeen', 18: 'eighteen', 19: 'nineteen'}

tens = {20: 'twenty', 30: 'thirty', 40: 'forty', 50: 'fifty', 60: 'sixty', 
        70: 'seventy', 80: 'eighty', 90: 'ninety'}

def spell_single_digit(digit):
    if 0 <= digit < 10:
        return single_digit[digit]

def spell_two_digits(number):
    if 10 <= number < 20:
        return teen[number]

    if 20 <= number < 100:
        div = (number // 10) * 10
        mod = number % 10
        if mod != 0:
            return tens[div] + "-" + spell_single_digit(mod)
        else:
            return tens[number]

def spell_three_digits(number):
    if 100 <= number < 1000:
        div = number // 100
        mod = number % 100
        if mod != 0:
            if mod < 10:
                return spell_single_digit(div) + " hundred " +  \
                   spell_single_digit(mod)
            elif mod < 100:
                return spell_single_digit(div) + " hundred " + \
                   spell_two_digits(mod)
        else:
            return spell_single_digit(div) + " hundred"

def spell(number):
    if -1000000000 < number < 1000000000:
        if number == 0:
            return spell_single_digit(number)
        a = ""
        neg = False
        if number < 0:
            neg = True
            number *= -1
        loop = 0
        while number:
            mod = number % 1000
            if mod != 0:
                c = spell_three_digits(mod) or spell_two_digits(mod) \
                    or spell_single_digit(mod)
                if loop == 0:
                    a = c + " " + a
                elif loop == 1:
                    a = c + " thousand " + a
                elif loop == 2:
                    a = c + " million " + a
            number = number // 1000
            loop += 1
        if neg:
            return "negative " + a
        return a

    def giveText(num):
    pairs={1:'one',2:'two',3:'three',4:'four',5:'five',6:'six',7:'seven',8:'eight',9:'nine',10:'ten',
    11:'eleven',12:'twelve',13:'thirteen',14:'fourteen',15:'fifteen',16:'sixteen',17:'seventeen',18:'eighteen',19:'nineteen',20:'twenty',
    30:'thirty',40:'fourty',50:'fifty',60:'sixty',70:'seventy',80:'eighty',90:'ninety',0:''} # this and above 2 lines are actually single line
    return pairs[num]

def toText(num,unit):
    n=int(num)# this line can be removed
    ans=""
    if n <=20:
        ans= giveText(n)
    else:
        ans= giveText(n-(n%10))+" "+giveText((n%10))
    ans=ans.strip()
    if len(ans)>0:
        return " "+ans+" "+unit
    else:
        return " "

num="99,99,99,999"# use raw_input()
num=num.replace(",","")# to remove ','
try:
    num=str(int(num)) # to check valid number
except:
    print "Invalid"
    exit()

while len(num)<9: # i want fix length so no need to check it again
    num="0"+num

ans=toText( num[0:2],"Crore")+toText(num[2:4],"Lakh")+toText(num[4:6],"Thousand")+toText(num[6:7],"Hundred")+toText(num[7:9],"")
print ans.strip()

import math

number = int(input("Enter number to print: "))

number_list = ["zero","one","two","three","four","five","six","seven","eight","nine"]
teen_list = ["ten","eleven","twelve","thirteen","fourteen","fifteen","sixteen","seventeen","eighteen","nineteen"]
decades_list =["twenty","thirty","forty","fifty","sixty","seventy","eighty","ninety"]


if number <= 9:
    print(number_list[number].capitalize())
elif number >= 10 and number <= 19:
    tens = number % 10
    print(teen_list[tens].capitalize())
elif number > 19 and number <= 99:
    ones = math.floor(number/10)
    twos = ones - 2
    tens = number % 10
    if tens == 0:
        print(decades_list[twos].capitalize())
    elif tens != 0:
        print(decades_list[twos].capitalize() + " " + number_list[tens])

Are you allowed to use other packages? This one works really well for me: Inflect. It is useful for natural language generation and has a method for turning numbers into english text.

I installed it with

$ pip install inflect

Then in your Python session

>>> import inflect
>>> p = inflect.engine()
>>> p.number_to_words(1234567)
'one million, two hundred and thirty-four thousand, five hundred and sixty-seven'

>>> p.number_to_words(22)
'twenty-two'

Many people have answered this correctly but here is another way which actually not only covers 1-99 but it actually goes above any data range but it does not cover decimals.

Note: this was tested using python 3.7

def convert(num):
    units = ("", "one ", "two ", "three ", "four ","five ", "six ", "seven ","eight ", "nine ", "ten ", "eleven ", "twelve ", "thirteen ", "fourteen ", "fifteen ","sixteen ", "seventeen ", "eighteen ", "nineteen ")
    tens =("", "", "twenty ", "thirty ", "forty ", "fifty ","sixty ","seventy ","eighty ","ninety ")

    if num < 0:
        return "minus "+convert(-num)

    if num<20:
        return  units[num] 

    if num<100:

        return  tens[num // 10]  +units[int(num % 10)] 

    if num<1000:
        return units[num // 100]  +"hundred " +convert(int(num % 100))

    if num<1000000: 
        return  convert(num // 1000) + "thousand " + convert(int(num % 1000))

    if num < 1000000000:    
        return convert(num // 1000000) + "million " + convert(int(num % 1000000))

    return convert(num // 1000000000)+ "billion "+ convert(int(num % 1000000000))


print(convert(100001333))

Convert numbers to words:
Here is an example in which numbers have been converted into words using the dictionary.

string = input("Enter a string: ")
my_dict = {'0': 'zero', '1': 'one', '2': 'two', '3': 'three', '4': 'four', '5': 'five', '6': 'six', '7': 'seven', '8': 'eight', '9': 'nine'}
for item in string:
  if item in my_dict.keys():
    string = string.replace(item, my_dict[item])
print(string)

def nums_to_words(string):
    string = int(string) # Convert the string to an integer
    one_ten=['zero', 'one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five', 'six', 'seven', 
    'eight', 'nine']
    ten_nineteen=['ten', 'eleven', 'twelve', 'thirteen', 'fourteen', 
    'fifteen',
    'sixteen', 'seventeen', 'eighteen', 'nineteen']
    twenty_ninety=[' ', ' ','twenty', 'thirty', 'forty', 'fifty', 'sixty', 
    'seventy', 'eighty',
    'ninety']
    temp_str = ""
    if string == 0: # If the string given equals to 0
        temp_str = 'zero ' # Assign the word zero to the var temp_str
    # Do the calculation to find each digit of the str given
    first_digit = string // 1000
    second_digit = (string % 1000) // 100
    third_digit = (string % 100) // 10
    fourth_digit = (string % 10)
    if first_digit > 0: 
        temp_str = temp_str + one_ten[first_digit] + ' thousand '
    # one_ten[first_digit] gets you the number you need from one_ten and you add thousand (since we're trying to convert to words ofc)
    # You do the same for the rest...
    if second_digit > 0:
        temp_str = temp_str + one_ten[second_digit] + ' hundred '
    if third_digit > 1:
        temp_str = temp_str + twenty_ninety[third_digit] + " "
    if third_digit == 1:
        temp_str = temp_str + ten_nineteen[fourth_digit] + " "
    else:
        if fourth_digit:
            temp_str = temp_str + one_ten[fourth_digit] + " "
    if temp_str[-1] == " ": # If the last index is a space
        temp_str = temp_str[0:-1] # Slice it 
return temp_str 

I hope you get the understanding of the code slightly better; If still not understood let me know so I can try to help as much as I can.

if Number > 19 and Number < 99:
    textNumber = str(Number)
    firstDigit, secondDigit = textNumber
    firstWord = num2words2[int(firstDigit)]
    secondWord = num2words1[int(secondDigit)]
    word = firstWord + secondWord 
if Number <20 and Number > 0:
    word = num2words1[Number]
if Number > 99:
    error

You can make this much simpler by using one dictionary and a try/except clause like this:

num2words = {1: 'One', 2: 'Two', 3: 'Three', 4: 'Four', 5: 'Five', \
             6: 'Six', 7: 'Seven', 8: 'Eight', 9: 'Nine', 10: 'Ten', \
            11: 'Eleven', 12: 'Twelve', 13: 'Thirteen', 14: 'Fourteen', \
            15: 'Fifteen', 16: 'Sixteen', 17: 'Seventeen', 18: 'Eighteen', \
            19: 'Nineteen', 20: 'Twenty', 30: 'Thirty', 40: 'Forty', \
            50: 'Fifty', 60: 'Sixty', 70: 'Seventy', 80: 'Eighty', \
            90: 'Ninety', 0: 'Zero'}

>>> def n2w(n):
        try:
            print num2words[n]
        except KeyError:
            try:
                print num2words[n-n%10] + num2words[n%10].lower()
            except KeyError:
                print 'Number out of range'

>>> n2w(0)
Zero
>>> n2w(13)
Thirteen        
>>> n2w(91)
Ninetyone
>>> n2w(21)
Twentyone
>>> n2w(33)
Thirtythree

I know that this is a very old post and I am probably very late to the party, but hopefully this will help someone else. This has worked for me.

phone_words = input('Phone: ')
numbered_words = {
    '0': 'zero',
    '1': 'one',
    '2': 'two',
    '3': 'three',
    '4': 'four',
    '5': 'five',
    '6': 'six',
    '7': 'seven',
    '8': 'eight',
    '9': 'nine'
}
output = ""
for ch in phone_words:
    output += numbered_words.get(ch, "!") + " "
phone_words = numbered_words

print(output)

    number=input("number")
    numls20={"1":"one","2":"two","3":"three","4":"four","5":"five","6":"six","7":"seven","8":"eight","9":"nine","10":"ten","11":"elevn","12":"twelve","13":"thirteen","14":"fourteen","15":"fifteen","16":"sixteen","17":"seventeen","18":"eighteen","19":"ninteen"}
    numls100={"1":"ten","2":"twenty","3":"thrity","4":"fourty","5":"fifty","6":"sixty","7":"seventy","8":"eighty","9":"ninty"}
    numls1000={"1":"hundred","2":"twohundred","3":"threehundred","4":"fourhundred","5":"fivehundred","6":"sixhundred","7":"sevenhundred","8":"eighthundred","9":"ninehundred"}    
    def num2str(number):
        if (int(number)<20):
            print(numls20[number])
        elif(int(number)<100):
            print(numls100[number[0]]+" "+numls20[number[1]])
        elif(int(number)<1000):
            if ((int(number))%100 == 0):
                print(numls1000[number[0]])
            else:
                print(numls1000[number[0]]+" and "+numls100[number[1]]+" "+numls20[number[2]])
        elif(int(number)<10000):
            if ((int(number))%1000 == 0):
                print(numls20[number[0]]+" thousand")
            elif(int(number)%100 == 0):
                print(numls20[number[0]]+" thousand "+numls1000[number[1]])
            elif(int(number)%10 == 0):
                print(numls20[number[0]]+" thousand "+numls1000[number[1]]+" and "+numls100[number[2]])
            else:
                print(numls20[number[0]]+" thousand "+numls1000[number[1]]+" and "+numls100[number[2]]+" "+numls20[number[3]])
    num2str(number)

You can do this program in this way. The range is in between 0 to 99,999

def num_to_word(num):
    word_num = { "0": "zero", "00": "", "1" : "One" , "2" : "Two", "3" : "Three", "4" : "Four", "5" : "Five","6" : "Six", "7": "Seven", "8" : "eight", "9" : "Nine","01" : "One" , "02" : "Two", "03" : "Three", "04" : "Four", "05" : "Five","06" : "Six", "07": "Seven", "08" : "eight", "09" : "Nine", "10" : "Ten", "11": "Eleven", "12" :"Twelve", "13" : "Thirteen", "14" : "Fourteen", "15" : "Fifteen", "17":"Seventeen", "18" :"Eighteen", "19": "Nineteen", "20" : "Twenty", "30" : "Thirty", "40" : "Forty", "50" : "Fifty", "60" : "Sixty", "70": "seventy", "80" : "eighty", "90" : "ninety"}
    keys = []
    for k in word_num.keys():
        keys.append(k)

    if len(num) == 1:
        return(word_num[num[0]])
    elif len(num) == 2:
        c = 0
        for k in keys:
            if k == num[0] + num[1]:
                c += 1
        if c == 1:
            return(word_num[num[0] + num[1]])
        else:
            return(word_num[str(int(num[0]) * 10)] + " " + word_num[num[1]])
    elif len(num) == 3:
        c = 0
        for k in keys:
            if k == num[1] + num[2]:
                c += 1
        if c == 1:
            return(word_num[num[0]]+ " Hundred " + word_num[num[1] + num[2]])
        else:
            return(word_num[num[0]]+ " Hundred " + word_num[str(int(num[1]) * 10)] + " " + word_num[num[2]])
    elif len(num) == 4:
        c = 0
        for k in keys:
            if k == num[2] + num[3]:
                c += 1
        if c == 1:
            if num[1] == '0' :
                return(word_num[num[0]]+ " Thousand " + word_num[num[2] + num[3]])
            else:
                return(word_num[num[0]]+ " Thousand " + word_num[num[1]]+ " Hundred " + word_num[num[2] + num[3]])

        else:
            if num[1] == '0' :
                return(word_num[num[0]]+ " Thousand " + word_num[str(int(num[2]) * 10)] + " " + word_num[num[3]])
            else:
                return(word_num[num[0]]+ " Thousand " + word_num[num[1]]+ " Hundred " + word_num[str(int(num[2]) * 10)] + " " + word_num[num[3]])
    elif len(num) == 5:
        c = 0
        d = 0
        for k in keys:
            if k == num[3] + num[4]:
                c += 1
        for k in keys:
            if k == num[0] + num[1]:
                d += 1
        if d == 1:
            val = word_num[num[0] + num[1]] 
        else:
            val = word_num[str(int(num[0]) * 10)] + " " + word_num[num[1]]

        if c == 1:
            if num[1] == '0' :
                return(val + " Thousand " + word_num[num[3] + num[4]])
            else:
                return(val + " Thousand " + word_num[num[2]]+ " Hundred " + word_num[num[3] + num[4]])

        else:
            if num[1] == '0' :
                return(val + " Thousand " + word_num[str(int(num[3]) * 10)] + " " + word_num[num[4]])
            else:
                return(val + " Thousand " + word_num[num[2]]+ " Hundred " + word_num[str(int(num[3]) * 10)] + " " + word_num[num[4]])


num = [str(d) for d in input("Enter number: ")]
print(num_to_word(num).upper())