BigMoosie Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 I just created a script that writes any number up to 303 digits long in English: http://www.random.abrahamjoffe.com.au/public/JavaScripts/number_pronunciator.htm Tell me what you think, is it flawed in any way? Like for example: 1001 outputs: "One thousand, and one.", is the comma supposed to be there, and the "and" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DQW Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 1001 = "One thousand and one" OR "One thousand one" - either is acceptable. No comma before the "and". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducky Havok Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Actually I don't think the 'and' is supposed to be there, because 'and' implys a decimal point. It would just be "one thousand one" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducky Havok Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Nine hundred and ninety-nine duocentillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine octononagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine septnonagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine sexnonagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quinnonagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine duattuornonagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine trenonagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine duononagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine unnonagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine nonagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine novemoctogintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine octooctogintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine septoctogintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine sexoctogintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quinoctogintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quattuoroctogintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine treoctogintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine duooctogintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine unoctogintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine octogintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine novemseptuagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine octoseptuagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine septseptuagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine sexseptuagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quinseptuagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quattuorseptuagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine treseptuagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine duoseptuagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine unseptuagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine septuagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine novemsexagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine octosexagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine septsexagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine sexsexagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quinsexagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quattuorsexagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine tresexagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine duosexagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine unsexagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine sexagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine novemquinquagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine octoquinquagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine septenquinquagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine sexquinquagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quinquinquagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quattuorquinquagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine trequinquagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine duoquinquagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine unquinquagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quinquagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine novemquadragintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine octoquadragintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine septenquadragintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine sexquadragintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quinquadragintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quattuorquadragintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine trequadragintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine duoquadragintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine unquadragintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quadragintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine novemtrigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine octotrigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine septentrigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine sextrigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quintrigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quattuortrigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine tretrigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine duotrigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine untrigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine trigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine novemvigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine octovigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine septenvigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine sexvigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quinvigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quattuorvigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine trevigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine duovigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine unvigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine vigintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine novemdecillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine octodecillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine septendecillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine sexdecillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quindecillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quattuordecillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine tredecillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine duodecillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine undecillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine decillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine nonillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine octillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine septillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine sextillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quadrillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine trillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine. Wow, that is simply the largest number I've ever seen. How long did it take you to look up all those place names? Or is there just a pattern in there that I just didn't see (god knows I didn't look through them all)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DQW Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Actually I don't think the 'and' is supposed to be there, because 'and' implys a decimal point. It would just be "one thousand one"I can see how an "and" might imply an fractional part. But a decimal point ? Wouldn't you just say "point", as in for the number 4.3, you would write "four point three" rather than "four and three" ? Anyway, Mathworld confirms that using "and" is okay. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Number.html The hyphenation of numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine is important though (if you want to be all proper and such). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glider Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Actually I don't think the 'and' is supposed to be there, because 'and' implys a decimal point. It would just be "one thousand one" If it was one thousand point one, that's how it would be said. 'One thousand one' doesn't make grammatical sense. 'One thousand and one' indicates a complete unit (one thousand), and one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DQW Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 You will see the "and" in most literary usage : One Hundred and one Dalmatians, One Thousand and One (Arabian) Nights, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMoosie Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 Thanks for your suggestions, I just removed the comma before the "and", I chose to keep in the ands as that is how most people pronounce numbers. I noticed for some reason when I copied the numbers from this table I must have not selected some, now your number can be up to 315 numbers long. I was thinking about including the googol but chose not to as that number really is just a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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