On Fri, 5 May 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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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