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problemset_numberwords/numberwords.py
kathrynoh23 401162aac3 Kathryn Odell-Hamilton
2023.9.13

I understand the Data Types within "Number Words" from learning and
teaching Java.

The planning.md was straight forward. Was my return for each function
correct? Am I to used " " for the string of text.

Within some of your discussions in Discord, you had mention to checkout
using ChatGPT. I wouldn't sign on to ChatGPT because it wanted your
phone number. Instead, I used Bing Chat after signing into my
Microsoft account. Wow!!! I found it interesting with the extensive
explanation of information it provides to solve a problem. I didn't
use it for the answers. AI is very scary if not used in a
responsible manner.

Yes, the numberwords.py had all the answers, but I found it
valuable because of how you wrote out the digit numbers for the "else"
and "return". In do understand this.

The test_numberwords.py file completely passed with the test_cases.
2023-09-12 13:13:36 -04:00

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# numberwords.py
# --------------
# By MWC Contributors
# Functions to print out a verbal representation of an integer.
# This file did have all the answers.
# It helped me with going back to review planning.md.
# I review this with all the digit names used within the code.
MAXIMUM = 1000000
DIGIT_NAMES = [
"zero", "one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine"
]
TWEEN_AND_TEEN_NAMES = [
"ten", "eleven", "twelve", "thirteen", "fourteen", "fifteen", "sixteen", "seventeen", "eighteen", "nineteen"
]
TENS_NAMES = [
"ten", "twenty", "thirty", "forty", "fifty", "sixty", "seventy", "eighty", "ninety"
]
def int_under_1000000_to_str(number):
"Returns a textual representation of the number."
check_number_in_range(abs(number), 0, MAXIMUM)
if number < 1000:
return int_under_1000_to_str(number)
else:
thousands, hundreds = divide_with_remainder(number, 1000)
thousands_text = int_under_1000_to_str(thousands)
hundreds_text = int_under_1000_to_str(hundreds)
return thousands_text + " thousand " + hundreds_text
def int_under_1000_to_str(number):
"Returns a textual representation of the number"
check_number_in_range(number, 0, 1000)
if number < 100:
return int_under_100_to_str(number)
else:
hundreds, tens = divide_with_remainder(number, 100)
hundreds_text = int_under_10_to_str(hundreds)
tens_text = int_under_100_to_str(tens)
return hundreds_text + " hundred and " + tens_text
def int_under_100_to_str(number):
check_number_in_range(number, 0, 100)
tens, ones = divide_with_remainder(number, 10)
if tens == 0:
return int_under_10_to_str(number)
elif tens == 1:
return TWEEN_AND_TEEN_NAMES[ones]
else:
return TENS_NAMES[tens] + '-' + int_under_10_to_str(ones)
def int_under_10_to_str(number):
check_number_in_range(number, 0, 10)
return DIGIT_NAMES[number]
def check_number_in_range(number, minimum, maximum):
"""Checks whether a number is at least minimum and less than maximum.
Raises an error if the number is not in range.
"""
if number < minimum:
raise ValueError(f"{number} must not be below {minimum}.")
if number >= maximum:
raise ValueError(f"{number} must be less than {maximum}.")
def divide_with_remainder(dividend, divisor):
"""Divides one number by another, using whole-number division.
Returns the quotient and the remainder.
Note how a function can return more than one value!
"""
quotient = dividend // divisor
remainder = dividend % divisor
return quotient, remainder