From: Charlie Bowman <charlie@...>
Date: 2006-05-11T05:53:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Thanks Ruby Quiz!

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It appears I opened a can of worms.  I see why this was chosen as a ruby
quiz.  It seems to elicit a lot of varying responses.  Do you guys think
that the and should be removed except for floats?

Charlie Bowman
www.recentrambles.com

On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 05:48 +0900, Debaun, Steve [Seminis/2400] wrote:

> 123.to_slang == "a franklin, a jackson, three washingtons, and some jingle"
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Collins [mailto:collinsj@seattleu.edu] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:43 PM
> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Subject: Re: Thanks Ruby Quiz!
> 
> Kerry Buckley wrote:
> > On 10 May 2006, at 9:08 pm, Justin Collins wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> = Examples
> >>>> 123.to_english == one hundred and twenty-three
> >>>>
> >>
> >> I know this is really nit-picky, but the "proper" way to say 123 is 
> >> "one hundred twenty-three."  "And" is only used for decimal points:
> >
> > I'm sure that says to_english, not to_american ;-)
> >
> > Kerry
> >
> Good call on the distinction...if the OP could take that into 
> consideration...we need a to_american method as well... :)
> 
> -Justin
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