From: Jakub Travnik <j.travnik@...>
Date: 2001-11-30T06:35:20+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:26967] Re: short article draft for review

Hello,

> Objects:
> 
> class Digits_to_english < String
>   def to_e
>     self.scan(/\d/).map do |digit|
>       case digit
>         when '0' then 'zero'
>         when '1' then 'one'
>         when '2' then 'two'
>         when '3' then 'three'
>         when '4' then 'four'
>         when '5' then 'five'
>         when '6' then 'six'
>         when '7' then 'seven'
>         when '8' then 'eight'
>         when '9' then 'nine'
>       end
>     end
>   end
> end
> 
> d2e = Digits_to_english.new '55793'
> puts d2e
> puts d2e.to_e
> 
> # 55793
> # five
> # five
> # seven
> # nine
> # three

this code is not good, it is too much boring ;-)

-8<---------------
class String
   NAMEMAP={'0'=>'zero', '1'=>'one', '2'=>'two', '3'=>'three',
         '4'=>'four', '5'=>'five','6'=>'six', '7'=>'seven',
         '8'=>'eight','9'=>'nine'}
   def to_e
     self.scan(/\d/).map{ |digit| NAMEMAP[digit]}
   end
end


puts '24848567'.to_e
-8<---------------

this is imho better

Jakub Travnik
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