How to convert number to words in java

Question

We currently have a crude mechanism to convert numbers to words (e.g. using a few static arrays) and based on the size of the number translating that into an english text. B

Answer 1

class NumberToWord {
    private static Map numbers = new HashMap();
    private static Set numberSet = new TreeSet(new Comparator() {
        public int compare(Integer o1, Integer o2) {
            return o2 - o1;
        }
    });

    static {
        init();
        numberSet.addAll(numbers.keySet());
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(getNumberInWord(1898765));
    }

    /*
     * convert positive numbers in word format number > 0 only
     */
    static String getNumberInWord(int number) {
        StringBuilder word = new StringBuilder();
        for (Integer n : numberSet) {
            if (number > 0 && number >= n) {
                int div = number / n;
                String strNum = numbers.get(div);
                if (strNum == null) {
                    word.append(getNumberInWord(div));
                }
                // for less than 100, we don't need to say 1
                if (strNum != null && (div > 1 || n > 100))
                    word.append(strNum + " ");

                word.append(numbers.get(n) + " ");
                number = number % n;
            }
        }
        return word.toString();
    }

    static void init() {
        numbers.put(0, "Zero");
        numbers.put(1, "One");
        numbers.put(2, "Two");
        numbers.put(3, "Three");
        numbers.put(4, "Four");
        numbers.put(5, "Five");
        numbers.put(6, "Six");
        numbers.put(7, "Seven");
        numbers.put(8, "Eight");
        numbers.put(9, "Nine");
        numbers.put(10, "Ten");
        numbers.put(11, "Eleven");
        numbers.put(12, "Twelve");
        numbers.put(13, "Thirteen");
        numbers.put(14, "Fourteen");
        numbers.put(15, "Fifteen");
        numbers.put(16, "Sixteen");
        numbers.put(17, "Seventeen");
        numbers.put(18, "Eighteeen");
        numbers.put(19, "Nineteen");
        numbers.put(20, "Twenty");
        numbers.put(30, "Thirty");
        numbers.put(40, "Forty");
        numbers.put(50, "Fifty");
        numbers.put(60, "Sixty");
        numbers.put(70, "Seventy");
        numbers.put(80, "Eighty");
        numbers.put(90, "Ninty");
        numbers.put(100, "Hundred");
        numbers.put(1000, "Thousand");
        numbers.put(1000000, "Million");
        numbers.put(100000000, "Billion");
    }

}