Programming Challenge Numbers to Text?

[Steve]

Hey that is pretty cool!

On 5/5/06, Jonathan Duncan <jonathan at jkdwebmagic.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 5 May 2006, plug.org at 2nerds.com wrote:
>
> > If this was a competition, and not merely exhibition, :-) lisp's
> > somewhat byzantine "~r" format directive might earn it a shot at
> > the prize:
> >
> > This lisp expression:
> >
> >  (format t "~r~%~r~%~r~%~r~%~r~%" 1 15 91283 4918239 2147483647)
> >
> > produces this output:
> >
> >  one
> >  fifteen
> >  ninety-one thousand, two hundred and eighty-three
> >  four million, nine hundred and eighteen thousand, two hundred and thirty-nine
> >  two billion, one hundred and forty-seven million, four hundred and eighty-three thousand, six hundred and forty-seven
> >
> >
> > (The "~%" format directive is similar to "\n".)
> >
> > :-)
> > Chris
> >
> >
>
> Wow, we found a use for LISP!  Actually, that is cool.
>
> Jonathan
>
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