Numeric Text Generator

Welcome to the “Numeric Text Generator”. This program will convert any decimal integer value up to 2,500,000 digits in length or any decimal real value up to 750,000 digits in length into the equivalent English text.

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Enter a real number here:

Optional: Select a case modifier for the text.

Case Options UPPERCASE (U) lowercase (L) First letter (F) First Letter Of Each Word (W) First Letter Of Each Word-Part (P)

Optional: Choose either cardinal or ordinal numbers.

Cardinal Ordinal

If you would like a large random number generated, visit the Large Random Number Generator.

For a direct link, you can include the value in the URL.

http://easterbrooks.com/personal/bob/numeric_text.php?value=nnnnn...[&case={U|L|F|W|P}][&ordinal={T|F}]

Keep in mind that there are limits in some Web clients and servers that may cause an error if the URL is too long.

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You may enter positive or negative integers (n or -n). You may not enter positive or negative real numbers in decimal form (n.m or -n.m).

A combined limit of 750,000 digits for all of the values is required because of the limitations for the Web server and some browsers.

Enter a mixed number here (integers only):

Optional: Select a case modifier for the text.

Case Options UPPERCASE (U) lowercase (L) First letter (F) First Letter Of Each Word (W) First Letter Of Each Word-Part (P)

Optional: Choose either cardinal or ordinal numbers.

Cardinal Ordinal

For a direct link, you can include the value in the URL.

http://easterbrooks.com/personal/bob/numeric_text.php?wholenumber=nnnnn...&numerator=nnnnn...&denominator=nnnnn...[&case={U|L|F|W|P}][&ordinal={T|F}]

Keep in mind that there are limits in some Web clients and servers that may cause an error if the URL is too long.

Be aware that the resulting text uses the “short scale” notation (see below), where the word “thousand” is used only once (in the interval before “million”). Depending on the variation of the “long scale” used, either there are six digits between unique names and the word “thousand” is repeated for each unique name (i.e., thousand, million, thousand million, billion, thousand billion, trillion, ...) or each “-ion” name is followed by an “-iard” name (i.e., thousand, million, milliard, billion, billiard, trillion, ...).

The limit for a simple numeric text string is 3,​006 ‘9’s in a row, optionally preceded by a minus sign. Larger values will be handled using a prefix notation wherein the extra leading digits will be converted to text as if they were a standalone number, but each scale name will have a prefix indicating the scale of the names (see below). Using this notation, the limit for a numeric text string using a single prefix is 3,​009,​006 ‘9’s in a row. However, since larger values simply have more prefixes added as needed, there is theoretically no limit. In practice, the limits of the underlying platform(s) will be reached first.