Actually, even in the U.S. the proper way to write the amount in text would be "One Hundred One Dollars and Fifty Cents". Anyone who says otherwise, needs to go back to school.
> British 10^9 is one thousand million! > > Thank You, > Peter > > Peter J. MacDonald II > Creative Computing, Inc. > 100 Middle Street > Lincoln, RI 02865 > Phone: 401.727.0183 x123 > Fax: 401.727.4998 > Portable: 401.965.3661 > E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Page: www.creatcomp.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Lotz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 1:05 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Numbers to Text > > > Then what is 10^9 in British? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 10:46 AM > Subject: RE: Numbers to Text > > > > > > Anyone know of a custom tag available or a means within CF to > convert > > > > numbers to text... 2 to two, 100 to one hundred, etc.? > > > > > > http://www.tei.or.th/eic/ under the free link. > > > > Nice tag apart from it's gramatical problems... > > > > 101 should be "one hundred and one" and not "one hundred one" > > > > Also, it treats billions in American and ignores British... so for > UK > sites > > it'd be wrong > > > > In case anyone is wondering, an American Billion is 1,000,000,000 > (10^9) > > while a British Billion is 1,000,000,000,000 (10^12) > > Similarly, an American Trillion is 10^12 while a British Trillion is > 10^18 > > > > The British version is seen as "Bi-million" as in "Million million" > and > > "Tri-million" as in "Million million million" - the further you take > this > > the bigger the different... > > > > Strange but often ignored number fact... > > > > Philip Arnold > > Director > > Certified ColdFusion Developer > > ASP Multimedia Limited > > T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 > > > > "Websites for the real world" > > > > *> ********************************************************************* > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom > they > > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please > notify > > the system manager. > > *> ********************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at > http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo. cfm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:249034 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
