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– This module converts a number into its written English form. – For example, “2” becomes “two”, and “79” becomes “seventy-nine”.

local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs

local p = {}

local max = 100 – The maximum number that can be parsed.

local ones = {

[0] = 'zero',
[1] = 'one',
[2] = 'two',
[3] = 'three',
[4] = 'four',
[5] = 'five',
[6] = 'six',
[7] = 'seven',
[8] = 'eight',
[9] = 'nine'

}

local specials = {

[10] = 'ten',
[11] = 'eleven',
[12] = 'twelve',
[13] = 'thirteen',
[15] = 'fifteen',
[18] = 'eighteen',
[20] = 'twenty',
[30] = 'thirty',
[40] = 'forty',
[50] = 'fifty',
[60] = 'sixty',
[70] = 'seventy',
[80] = 'eighty',
[90] = 'ninety',
[100] = 'one hundred'

}

local formatRules = {

{num = 90, rule = 'ninety-%s'},
{num = 80, rule = 'eighty-%s'},
{num = 70, rule = 'seventy-%s'},
{num = 60, rule = 'sixty-%s'},
{num = 50, rule = 'fifty-%s'},
{num = 40, rule = 'forty-%s'},
{num = 30, rule = 'thirty-%s'},
{num = 20, rule = 'twenty-%s'},
{num = 10, rule = '%steen'}

}

function p.main(frame)

local args = getArgs(frame)
local num = tonumber(args[1])
local success, result = pcall(p._main, num)
if success then
	return result
else
	return string.format('**Error: %s**', result) -- "result" is the error message.
end
return p._main(num)

end

function p._main(num)

if type(num) ~= 'number' or math.floor(num) ~= num or num < 0 or num > max then
	error('input must be an integer between 0 and ' .. tostring(max), 2)
end
-- Check for numbers from 0 to 9.
local onesVal = ones[num]
if onesVal then
	return onesVal
end
-- Check for special numbers.
local specialVal = specials[num]
if specialVal then
	return specialVal
end
-- Construct the number from its format rule.
onesVal = ones[num % 10]
if not onesVal then
	error('Unexpected error parsing input ' .. tostring(num))
end
for i, t in ipairs(formatRules) do
	if num >= t.num then
		return string.format(t.rule, onesVal)
	end
end
error('No format rule found for input ' .. tostring(num))

end

return p